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3/5 with 1* (Marie, Jeannie & Douglas). For Monday, I got lost in the Channel Islands and never made it south. On Tuesday, I was too busy desperately trying to remember the relationship between Adlai and Adlai II to even get to a guess. All the sweet treats sound amazing so I will offer up some beef barley soup as a prequel.

Discovered last night that I must really like this show since I was annoyed it was preempted for The Voice finale. I had missed the information posted here about the dates it would be airing, but it was good to realize my affection for the show. Although I have to worry that I have now doomed it.

3/5 with 1* - all wild guesses, but I got War & Peace, Poland and Morticia (at one point in my little Grundoon life, I thought Carolyn Jones was the epitome of cool).

3/5 with no * (had no clue for Chuck E. Cheese but it made total sense when I heard the answer). Like @M. Darcy, I knew it was Casablanca but couldn't make my brain remember where the flight was going although I know it is referenced in the movie quite a bit. Thanks for everyone's good wishes for my health - still improving but not back to 100% yet. I ended up going to urgent care (mainly due to concern of pneumonia). The doctor said my lungs were fine (hurrah!) and that cold that was going around was just nasty & took quite a while for recovery. I did a course of steroids which helped a lot. Happy thoughts and hugs being sent to all other sufferers!

I had the opposite reaction @Harvey to seeing Nico Santos, but I do realize that opinions vary. I enjoyed the episode, especially Val pretending she was part of the gang to fit in. I like enough of the characters/actors to be willing to give it some time to build and I hope it gets the chance to do so.

@Browncoat - I am glad you avoided whatever I got. My whole office is in varying degrees of "the cough". Travel safe and have a great holiday!

I am with @Good Queen Jane in terms of score and cold suffering but not in terms of the wonderful treatment (your remedy sounds much better than my OTC preparations). 5/5 with 1* - more than a couple were lucky guesses. In terms of obvious news - don't get this cold that is going around if you can help it. My cough is ridiculous (think sounding like a victim of consumption). I actually went to urgent care yesterday to make sure it was nothing worse. Good news, it isn't. Bad news, the doctor said this delight was hanging around and taking people weeks to recover from.

Absolutely loved the first episode - I want to savor each one, so I am trying not to binge. Thought it was extremely well done and just enough familiar faces to have an interesting game of "who did they play in ....." to go along with the plot. Already hoping there will be a second season.

@Bliss - I am still in recovery mode myself - lots of rest and fluids seems to be helping but I am tired of being a good host for this bug. I got 2/5 with one * thanks to Polk jumping in my brain at the very last second (not sure if Mrs. Polk would count that as dancing). Please add my virtual food to that of Bliss and order whatever you would like!

Just realized I don't think I submitted for the past two weeks - I have been recovering from a cold/flu bug (blessedly not COVID) that has been rocketing around my workplace. Haven't been doing much more than working and sleeping. So, week 8 is 3/5 and week 9 is 2/5 - grateful to get that much and sorry for the late reporting. Best thing I have eaten in the past two weeks was some great lemon-rice soup with chicken and a side of pita chips from a Greek deli my boss found when he treated us to lunch. Very glad to share with you all.

3/5 with no *. I usually do Wordle, Spelling Bee, Mini Crossword, Connections and Strands on my lunch break to refresh my brain with varying results for success.

3/5 with an *. Nixon was the only one I was really sure on - I was in my young teens at the time of Watergate and it/he was a major part of my political history education. Singer Sargent was the only answer my brain could come up with but both it and Gatsby were wild guesses.

3/5 with one *. From long ago early American lit courses, I remembered that it was from the Natty Bumpo stories but wouldn't have been able to tell you Pathfinder for all the apples in an orchard. Happy Thanksgiving to all my Canadian friends/neighbors!

3/5 for last week - lucky guesses for Zion & Beethoven but remembered when The Office won originally. I was very much more of a fan of the British version than the American for a long time, but the latter has grown on me since. Science is never one of my strong suits and I too got confused by Friday's clue.

Unfortunately, after years of hanging out with you all and enjoying my early access to Murdoch Mysteries, I have cancelled my cable in anticipation of moving relatively soon. So, I am not sure if I will be able to watch with Ovation online or if I will have to wait for Acorn in the spring. I will probably still lurk to read comments but will miss being more interactive with this group at least until I can watch the episodes. Enjoy them for me please!