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Every day visits* From Moose, Goose, and Orb Weaver All seized by Haiku
"Why moose and goose?" you may ask. Back on 2/04/13 Pirate wrote a haiku with an elk in it, and I responded with one with a moose and then included him every day. A few days later in comments Mystic asked "Where's the goose?" So I started including her with this post on 2/07. A week later on the 14th, Mark Readfern asked for and received a spider. The rest is history.
*Well, most days, anyway. Grant me a bit of poetic license.
Theme: A Sporting Chance. In the language phrases are repurposed to indicate an action involving professional sport team players. In each case, the first word of the phrase is transformed from a modifier to a verb; a clever and unusual kind of word play. The major U.S. sports, hockey, football, baseball and basketball are all represented.
17 A. Lend San Jose NHL players?: LOANSHARKS. A loan shark is a person who offers loans at extremely high interest rates, has strict terms of collection upon failure, and generally operates outside the law. The San Jose Sharks are currently in 8th place in the Western Conference of the National Hockey League. Would your team like to borrow one?
23 A. Ring up Los Angeles NFL players?: PHONECHARGERS. A phone charger is the accessory you plug into your phone when the battery power is low. The L.A. Chargers are in 2nd place in the AFC West, behind the Kansas City Chiefs. Give them a call.
47 A. Improve Los Angeles MLB players?: PERFECT ANGELS. A perfect angel is an adorable and well behaved child. I cold not find a suitable definition on line, so I made this one up. The L.A. Angels finished the 1922 season in 3rd place in the Al West division, 33 games behind the 1st place Astros. There are certainly some opportunities for perfecting their play.
57 A. Videotape Miami NBA players?: RECORDHEAT. Record heat is the highest temperature reached on a given calendar day at a specific location. One could record the Miami basketball team with a camera or cell phone - if it's charged. They are currently in 3rd place in the Eastern conference of the National Basketball Association.
Hi, Gang - JazzBumpa on hand to announce today's game. I'm quite taken with today's theme. Sadly, though my local Detroit teams are all mired in mediocrity, but the Lions are showing signs of life, and have a slim chance of making the play-offs. On the other hand, I think we all have a sporting chance to get a good solve today. Let's check it out
Across:
1. Peony part: PETAL. Each of the segments of the corolla of a flower, which are modified leaves and are typically colored.
6. Tools that can be musical instruments: SAWS. Here is one.
10. Huge tubs: VATS. Large tanks or tubs used to hold liquid, especially in industry.
14. Venue for big concerts: ARENA. A level area surrounded by seats for spectators, in which sports, entertainments, and other public events are held.
15. Discontinued Apple gadget: I-POD. A portable electronic device for playing and storing digital audio and video files.
16. Cut covered by a SpongeBob bandage, e.g.: OWIE. Kid's name for a small injury, aka booboo.
19. Bridge pose discipline: YOGA. A Hindu spiritual and ascetic discipline, a part of which, including breath control, simple meditation, and the adoption of specific bodily postures, is widely practiced for health and relaxation.
20. Twisty curve: ESS. Shaped similar to the letter.
21. Late tourney game: SEMI. Short for semi-final. The winner advances to the final game.
22. Gingerbread person?: BAKER. Also the cookie person and the cake person, unless I'm misunderstanding.
27. Soothing succulents: ALOES. Any of several succulent plants, typically having a rosette of toothed fleshy leaves and bell-shaped or tubular flowers on long stems. Native to the Old World tropics, several species are cultivated commercially or as ornamentals.
29. Foray: SORTIE. An attack made by troops coming out from a position of defense.
30. Like much fall weather: COOL. At a fairly low temperature.
31. Admits as much: LETS ON. Reveal or divulges information to someone.
32. Stick (out): JUT. Extend out, over, or beyond the main body or line of something.
35. Workweek starter, for some: MONDAY. The day between Sunday and Tuesday.
37. Minnesota mining range: MESABI. A mining district in northeastern Minnesota following an elongate trend containing large deposits of iron ore. It is the largest of four major iron ranges in the region collectively known as the Iron Range of Minnesota.
39. First responder's group, for short: EMS. Emergency Medical Services.
40. Write-ups that still need some work: DRAFTS. Preliminary versions of pieces of writing.
44. "You can say that again!": AMEN. An Abrahamic declaration of affirmation which is first found in the Hebrew Bible, and subsequently found in the New Testament. It is used in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim practices as a concluding word, or as a response to a prayer.
45. Safe to put away?: EDIBLE. Suitable to be eaten.
46. Elaborate cake layers: TIERS. A tiered cake is multiple, differently sized cakes, stacked atop one another to create height and drama that lends itself to becoming a focal point of the party.
51. Steer clear of: AVOID. Keep away from or stop oneself from doing something.
52. Chance to roll the dice, say: TURN. An opportunity or responsibility to do or use something before or after other people
53. __ Moines, Iowa: DES. The capitol city of Iowa.
56. Ancient France: GAUL. Gaul was a region of Western Europe first described by the Romans. It was inhabited by Celtic and Aquitani tribes, encompassing present-day France, Belgium, Luxembourg, most of Switzerland, parts of Northern Italy, and Germany west of the Rhine.
60. Slight advantage: EDGE.
61. Jacob's twin in the Book of Genesis: ESAU. Esau is the elder son of Isaac in the Hebrew Bible. He was the progenitor of the Edomites and the elder brother of Jacob, the patriarch of the Israelites. Jacob and Esau were the sons of Isaac and Rebecca, and the grandsons of Abraham and Sarah. Of the twins, Esau was the first to be born with Jacob following, holding his heel. Isaac was sixty years old when the boys were born.
62. Give body to, as hair: TEASE. Teasing, also known as backcombing or ratting, is a combing technique used to create volume at the root of your hair. The technique involves using a fine tooth comb to gently comb the hair downward toward your scalp, causing the hair to slightly tangle and create a voluminous final look.
63. Closing document: DEED. A legal document by which one person transfers land or buildings to another.
64. Gen-__: post-boomers: X-ERS. Generation X is the Western demographic cohort following the baby boomers and preceding the millennials. Researchers and popular media use the mid-to-late 1960s as starting birth years and the late 1970s to early 1980s as ending birth years, with the generation being generally defined as people born from 1965 to 1980.
65. 63-Across holder: OWNER. A person who has legal possession of something.
Down:
1. Lacking color: PALE. Light in color or having little color.
2. Amorous archer: EROS. The ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
3. Recipe measures: TEASPOONS. The teaspoon a unit of measure especially in cookery equal to ¹/₆ fluid ounce or ¹/₃ tablespoon (5 milliliters)
4. "The Dutch House" novelist Patchett: ANN. Ann Patchett [b. 1963] is an American author. She received the 2002 PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize for Fiction in the same year, for her novel Bel Canto. Patchett's other novels include The Patron Saint of Liars, Taft, The Magician's Assistant, Run, State of Wonder, Commonwealth, and The Dutch House.
5. Rodeo ropes: LASSOS. A lasso, also called lariat, riata, or reata (all from Castilian, la reata 're-tied rope'), is a loop of rope designed as a restraint to be thrown around a target and tightened when pulled. It is a well-known tool of the Spanish and Mexican cowboy, then adopted by the cowboys of the United States.
6. Blue-eyed cat: SIAMESE. One of the first distinctly recognized breeds of Asian cat. Derived from the Wichianmat landrace, one of several varieties of cat native to Thailand, the original Siamese became one of the most popular breeds in Europe and North America in the 19th century.
7. Yellow-orange fruit: APRICOT. A fruit, or the tree that bears the fruit, of several species in the genus Prunus. Usually, an apricot is from the species P. armeniaca, but the fruits of the other species in Prunus sect. Armeniaca are also called apricots.
8. Stir-fry pan: WOK. A large, bowl-shaped Chinese pan used for frying food quickly in hot oil:
9. '60s "New Left" gp.: SDS. Students for a Democratic Society
10. Long journey: VOYAGE. As defined.
11. Stopped snoozing: AWOKE. Roused from sleeping.
12. Detroit ballplayer: TIGER. The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit. The Tigers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the American League (AL) Central division. One of the AL's eight charter franchises, established in 1901, they are also the oldest continuous one name, one city franchise in the AL
13. Mail-order pioneer: SEARS. Sears, Roebuck and Co., commonly known as Sears, is an American chain of department stores founded in 1892 by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck and reincorporated in 1906 by Richard Sears and Julius Rosenwald, with what began as a mail ordering catalog company migrating to opening retail locations in 1925, the first in Chicago.
18. Barnyard layer: HEN. An egg-laying chicken.
22. Corned beef solution: BRINE. Water with a high concentration of table salt.
24. Gripped: HELD.
25. Timecard abbr.: HRS. Hours
26. Molecule makeup: ATOMS. An atom is the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
27. Tippy top: ACME. Apex, peak, summit
28. Weaver's machine: LOOM. A machine for interlacing at right angles two or more sets of threads or yarns to form a cloth.
31. Line of a song: LYRIC. The words
32. "Rebel Without a Cause" star: JAMES DEAN. James Byron Dean [1931 – 1955] was an American actor. He is remembered as a cultural icon of teenage disillusionment and social estrangement, as expressed in the title of his most celebrated film, Rebel Without a Cause (1955), in which he starred as troubled teenager Jim Stark. The other two roles that defined his stardom were loner Cal Trask in East of Eden (1955) and surly ranch hand Jett Rink in Giant (1956).
After his death in a car crash on September 30, 1955, Dean became the first actor to receive a posthumous Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his role in East of Eden.
33. App-based car service: UBER. A platform where those who drive and deliver can connect with riders, eaters, and restaurants. In cities where Uber is available, you can use the Uber app to request a ride. When a nearby driver accepts your request, the app displays an estimated time of arrival for the driver heading to your pickup location.
34. Altoids containers: TINS. Rectangular hinged metal boxes.
36. Chimed in with: ADDED. Contributed to the discussion.
38. Move effortlessly (through): SAIL. Glide.
41. Misty Copeland's dance troupe: Abbr.: ABT. American Ballet Theater, a classical ballet company based in New York City. Founded in 1939 by Lucia Chase and Richard Pleasant, it is recognized as one of the world's leading classical ballet companies. Through 2019, it had an annual eight-week season at the Metropolitan Opera House (Lincoln Center) in the spring and a shorter season at the David H. Koch Theater in the fall; the company tours around the world the rest of the year.
42. Open freight train unit: FLATCAR. A flatcar is a piece of rolling stock that consists of an open, flat deck mounted on a pair of trucks or bogies, one at each end containing four or six wheels. Occasionally, flat cars designed to carry extra heavy or extra large loads are mounted on a pair of bogies under each end.
43. Flimsy: TENUOUS. Very weak or slight.
45. Submitted tax returns online: E-FILED.
46. Take care of: TEND TO. Pay attention, apply oneself.
47. Flipped (through): PAGED. Turned the pages of (a book, magazine, etc.) especially in a quick, steady manner.
48. Steer clear of: EVADE. Escape or avoid, especially by cleverness or trickery.
49. Color for cheeks: ROUGE. A red powder or cream used as a cosmetic for coloring the cheeks or lips.
50. Watchdog's warning: GRR. Growling sound.
54. Simplicity: EASE. The quality or condition of being easy to understand or do.
55. Hip or tip ender: -STER. A suffix denoting a person engaged in or associated with a particular activity or thing.
57. Dinosaur voiced by Wallace Shawn in the "Toy Story" films: REX.
58. Opposite of WNW: ESE. West-north-west and East-south-east. The latter is the direction or compass point midway between east and southeast.
59. Chop down: HEW. Chop or cut something, especially wood or coal, with an axe, pick, or other tool.
That wraps up our sports outing. Hope you enjoyed the game, and that your team wins - unless they are playing mine, of course.
Below the puzzle are some bonus tracks from our Winter Wonders Concert on Monday.
Cool regards!
JzB
Jingle Bells, ala Count Basie
Sleigh Ride, a la Glenn Miller
Christmas Time Is Here
The Jody Grind
That's me with the stop time trombone solo at 3:15
Theme - I can't do any better than the unifier, and it will make things easier to present it first.
14 D. Food named for how it's baked, and a hint to each set of circles: UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE. A cake that is baked "upside-down" in a single pan, with its toppings at the bottom of the pan. When removed from the oven, the finished upside-down preparation is flipped over and de-panned onto a serving plate, thus "righting" it, and serving it right-side up.
In this theme, the relevant answers, with circled letters, are fragments of down fill, read from the bottom up, indicating types of cakes spelt in reverse. Hope you got the circles. Otherwise this would be extremely opaque. It is an uncommon gimmick, but it is not unheard of, and requires the theme entries to be in the down orientation. Let's have some cake.
4. Itinerary for touring speakers: LECTURE CIRCUIT. A euphemistic reference to a planned schedule of regular lectures and keynote speeches given by celebrities, often ex-politicians, for which they receive an appearance fee.
A rice cake may be any kind of food item made from rice that has been shaped, condensed, or otherwise combined into a single object. A wide variety of rice cakes exist in many different cultures in which rice is eaten and are particularly prevalent in Asia.
8 D. Brunch dish with ham and peppers: WESTERN OMELET. Beaten eggs cooked without stirring until set and served folded in half, containing other flavor elements as described. Now you're just egging me on.
Lemon cake is a dense, flavorful and very popular cake. Lemon is used to provide its unique flavor to a variety of cakes, including bundt, angel food or white cakes. However, lemon cake commonly refers to loaf cake with a tighter grain and more elastic crumb, much like a pound cake.
16. Flatbed scanner relative: BAR-CODE READER. An optical scanner that can read printed barcodes and decode the data contained in the barcode to a computer.
A crab cake is a variety of fishcake that is popular in the United States. It is composed of crab meat and various other ingredients, such as bread crumbs, mayonnaise, mustard, eggs, and seasonings. The cake is then sautéed, baked, grilled, deep fried, or broiled.
Our constructor, Rick Norris, has provided a variety of unrelated cake types, along with an omelet, to fulfill all our culinary desires. We recognize Rich as the recently retired editor of the L.A.Times Crossword, returning now as a constructor. Here is a link to C. C.'s interview with him, back in 2009.
Across:
1. GI on the lam: AWOL. A military person Absent Without Official Leave.
5. Annual festival in Austin, TX: SXSW. South by Southwest, an annual conglomeration of parallel film, interactive media, and music festivals and conferences organized jointly that take place in mid-March in Austin, Texas,
9. Tot's crumb catcher: BIB.
12. Rural strolling spot: LANE. A narrow road, especially in a rural area.
13. Short dog, for short: PEKE. The Pekingese is a breed of toy dog, originating in China. The breed was favored by royalty of the Chinese Imperial court as a companion dog, and its name refers to the city of Peking where the Forbidden City is located. The breed has several characteristics and health issues related to its unique appearance.
14. Forearm bone: ULNA. The bone spans from the elbow to the wrist on the medial side of the forearm when in anatomical position. In comparison to the radius, the ulna is described to be larger and longer.
15. French preposition: AVEC. It means "with."
16. Rationale: BASIS. A set of reasons or a logical basis for a course of action or a particular belief.
17. Gloomy aura: PALL. Literally, a dark cloud or covering of smoke, dust, or similar matter.
18. Nissan sedans since 1982: SENTRAS. A series of automobiles manufactured by the Japanese automaker Nissan since 1982. Since 1999, the Sentra has been categorized as a compact car, while previously it occupied the subcompact class. Until 2006, Sentra was a rebadged export version of the Japanese Nissan Sunny, but since the 2013 model year, Sentra is a rebadged export version of the Sylphy. The Sentra nameplate is not used in Japan.
20. Put away, as loot: STASHED. Stored safely and secretly in a specified place.
22. "Blade Runner" actor Rutger __: HAUER. Rutger Oelsen Hauer [1944 - 2019] was a Dutch actor. In 1999, he was named by the Dutch public as the Best Dutch Actor of the Century.
23. Lives: EXISTS. Survives, perhaps.
24. Take away: DETRACT. Diminish the worth or value of something.
26. Brought up: BRED. Reared in a specified environment or way.
27. "Night" author Wiesel: ELIE. Elie Wiesel [1928 - 1916] was a Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor. He authored 57 books, written mostly in French and English, including Night, a work based on his experiences as a Jewish prisoner in the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps.
28. Finance guru Suze: ORMAN. Susan Lynn "Suze" Orman [b. 1951] is an American financial advisor, author, and podcast host. In 1987, she founded the Suze Orman Financial Group. Her work as a financial advisor gained notability with The Suze Orman Show, which ran on CNBC from 2002 to 2015.
30. 1815 classic whose title character is played by Anya Taylor-Joy in a 2020 film: EMMA. A novel about youthful hubris and romantic misunderstandings, written by Jane Austen. It is set in the fictional country village of Highbury and the surrounding estates of Hartfield, Randalls and Donwell Abbey, and involves the relationships among people from a small number of families.
34. Common interest group: BLOC. A combination of countries, parties, or groups sharing a common purpose.
35. "Same": DITTO. Used to say that whatever you have said about one person or thing is also true of another person or thing.
36. Campus bigwig: DEAN. The head of a college or university faculty or department.
37. Novelist Morrison: TONI. Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison [1931 - 2019], known as Toni Morrison, was an American novelist. Her first novel, The Bluest Eye, was published in 1970. The critically acclaimed Song of Solomon brought her national attention and won the National Book Critics Circle Award
38. Derby town in Surrey, England: EPSOM. The principal town of the Borough of Epsom and Ewell in Surrey, England, about 13.5 miles south of central London. The town is first recorded as Ebesham in the 10th century and its name probably derives from that of a Saxon landowner.
39. Frigg's husband: ODIN. A widely revered god in Germanic paganism. Norse mythology, the source of most surviving information about him, associates him with wisdom, healing, death, royalty, the gallows, knowledge, war, battle, victory, sorcery, poetry, frenzy, and the runic alphabet, and depicts him as the husband of the goddess Frigg. His name is rendered in several, loosely phonetically related ways in various germanic languages, all ultimately stemming from the Proto-Germanic theonym *Wōðanaz, meaning 'lord of frenzy', or 'leader of the possessed'.
40. Steakhouse order: RARE. the lowest level of doneness when it comes to steaks and burgers. Diners who like extremely tender, flavorful cuts of meat will choose this option. Rare meat has an internal temperature of 125 degrees Fahrenheit. If you order your food rare, the central portion of the meat will be a bright red color.
42. Steakhouse order: RED WINE. To compliment your RARE steak.
44. Database systems giant: ORACLE. An American multinational computer technology corporation headquartered in Austin, Texas. In 2020, Oracle was the third-largest software company in the world by revenue and market capitalization.
47. Jousting weapon: LANCE. A long weapon for thrusting, having a wooden shaft and a pointed steel head, formerly used by a horseman in charging.
48. Revenue source in many a free app: POP-UP AD. A form of online advertising on the World Wide Web. A pop-up is a graphical user interface display area, usually a small window, that suddenly appears in the foreground of the visual interface.
50. Counterpoint melody: DESCANT. This is the most common usage of this term whose meaning has shifted over the centuries. Typically, this melody is in the highest pitched voice, and sounded as a harmony line above the main melody of the song.
52. Kid's plea for permission: CAN I? Should properly be "May I?" But, eh -- kids!
53. Fairway chunk: DIVOT. A piece of turf cut out of the ground by a golf club in making a stroke.
55. "__ girl!": ATTA. An informal expression of encouragement or admiration to a woman or girl. Kinda like: Ya done good, kid!
56. "Law & Order: SVU" co-star: ICE-T. Tracy Lauren Marrow [b.1958], better known by his stage name Ice-T, is an American rapper, songwriter, actor, and producer. He began his career as an underground rapper in the 1980s.
57. Storm rescue op: EVAC. Short for evacuation.
58. 2007 U.S. Women's Open winner Cristie: KERR. Cristie Kerr (b.1977) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. She has 20 wins on the LPGA Tour, including two major championships, and over $19 million in career earnings. Kerr was the number one-ranked golfer in the Women's World Golf Rankings for three time periods in 2010. She is naturally left handed but plays golf right handed.
59. Lil Wayne's "__ Carter V": THA. The twelfth studio album by American rapper Lil Wayne. It was released on September 28, 2018, by Young Money Entertainment and Republic Records.
60. File partner: RANK. Rank and file is military term relating to the horizontal "ranks" (rows) and vertical "files" (columns) of individual foot-soldiers, exclusive of the officers.
61. "Grand" ice cream brand: EDY'S. Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Inc., is an American ice cream company, founded in 1928 in Oakland, California, where its present-day headquarters office remains. The company's two signature brands, Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream and Edy's Grand Ice Cream, are named after its founders, William Dreyer and Joseph Edy
Down:
1. "Sad to say ... ": ALAS. An expression of grief, pity, or concern.
3. Phrase of unity in the Pledge of Allegiance: ONE NATION. Indivisible? You decide.
5. Health club amenities: SPAS. Commercial establishments offering health and beauty treatment through such means as steam baths, exercise equipment, and massage.
6. Crosses (out): XES. Deletes.
7. Winter getaway need, maybe: SKIS. Things are going down hill.
9. Malaise, with "the": BLAHS. I had Blues, which messed up the perps.
10. Cove, e.g.: INLET. A small, sheltered bay.
11. Gets thinner, in a way: BALDS. A condition of hair loss. Relatable.
19. Blues-rocker Chris: REA. Christopher Anton Rea is an English rock and blues singer and guitarist from Middlesbrough. A "gravel-voiced guitar stalwart" known for his slide guitar playing, Rea has recorded twenty five solo albums, two of which topped the UK Albums Chart.
21. Lumberjack competition projectile: AXE.
24. Mortgage balance, e.g.: DEBT. Amount of money owed.
25. Nonsense: TRIPE. Figuratively, something poor, worthless, or offensive.
26. Ulan __: former Anglicization of Mongolia's capital: BATOR. Ulaanbaatar is the capital of Mongolia. It’s in the Tuul River valley, bordering the Bogd Khan Uul National Park. Originally a nomadic Buddhist center, it became a permanent site in the 18th century. Soviet control in the 20th century led to a religious purge. Soviet-era buildings, museums within surviving monasteries, and a vibrant conjunction of traditional and 21st-century lifestyles typify the modern city.
29. Matterhorn and Weisshorn: Abbr.: MTS. Mountains. See 33 A. for location.
31. Treated, in a way: MEDICATED. Treated for a sickness or injury.
32. Primary way in: MAIN ENTRY. The entrance from outdoors into a primary building through which most customers or other visitors pass or are expected to pass.
33. Dudek of "Mad Men": ANNE. Anne Louise Dudek [b. 1975] is an American actress. She is known for portraying Tiffany Wilson in the 2004 film White Chicks, Danielle Brookson in the USA Network television series Covert Affairs, Dr. Amber Volakis on the Fox series House, Lura Grant on the HBO series Big Love, and Francine Hanson on the AMC series Mad Men.
41. Matterhorn or Weisshorn: ALP. Named peaks in the Alp mountain range. The Weisshorn in in Switzerland. the Matterhorn straddles the border between Switzerland and Italy.
43. Courtroom VIPs: DAs. District Attorneys. They are public officials who acts as prosecutors for the state or the federal government in court in a particular district.
44. Footnote abbr.: OP CIT. In the work already cited.
45. Jazz drummer Max: ROACH. Maxwell Lemuel Roach [1924 – 2007] was an American jazz drummer and composer. A pioneer of bebop, he worked in many other styles of music, and is generally considered one of the most important drummers in history. He was inducted into the DownBeat Hall of Fame in 1980 and the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1992.
46. Sleep disturbance: APNEA. Temporary cessation of breathing, especially during sleep.
49. Operatic icon: DIVA. Diva is the Latin word for a goddess. It has often been used to refer to a celebrated woman of outstanding talent in the world of opera, theatre, cinema, fashion and popular music.
50. Tie up at the pier: DOCK. Literal. Tie up at a dock, especially in order to load or unload passengers or cargo. I'd say moor, but that's all I have.
51. Patches, as a driveway: TARS. Covers a surface with tar, a viscous mixture of organic materials.
54. Part of a moving story: VAN. If you can get emotional about a truck-load of possessions being transported to a new location.
