Theme: None
Words: 70
Blocks: 31
It's been seven days since the "End of the World"....how was your week?
New constructor for me, and a fairly straight-forward Saturday, just a few spots that were not "REAL EASY" - for me; it was the central
36A. Gain notoriety, as via 38-Across : GO VIRAL
38A. See 36-Across : YOU TUBE
that broke it wide open. Two grid-spanners, and two climbers;
17. Moving locks? : HAIR REPLACEMENT - locks, such as this organization
58. Exact opposites? : BALLPARK FIGURES - a subtle shout out to our leader, C.C.
6D. From time to time : EVER AND ANON, a phase I have never heard, and
23D. Glancing : RICOCHETING - from obscure French
Some of you did yours "IN INK", I am sure~!
Splynter
ACROSS:
1. Hardly a square : HIPSTER - wondered if this was a misdirection to 'ellipse'
8. Duplicate : REPLICA - the noun
15. Duty-free? : ON LEAVE - I am duty free from UPS til Tuesday
16. Unlikely to cheat : ETHICAL - had AXED for ICED, messed me up here
19. Service rank : ONE A - crossword standard
20. Muddy, as water : ROIL
21. Signal agreement : NOD TO
22. Juice source : BATTERY - juice, as in electricity
24. "The Sea-Wolf" captain : LARSEN - the main antagonist
28. Decide not to walk, perhaps : HAIL A CAB
33. Made an impressive delivery : ORATED
34. Corner key : ESCape
35. Exclusive : SOLE
40. Eclipse, to some : OMEN - or a Mitsubishi to others....
41. Team feature? : NO I - "there's no I in team; there's no crying in baseball~!"
43. Appear unexpectedly : CROP UP
44. Got comfy in a sofa : SANK DOWN - a bit of a giveaway, with "in" a sofa
46. Women-only residences : HAREMS - where can I get one?
47. Nonbeliever, to some : INFIDEL
49. Crossing the keel : ABEAM
53. Pre-med subj. : ANATomy
54. Magical beginning : ABRA - cadabra, love this song
61. Letters read with feeling? : BRAILLE - good one~!
62. Raving : ON A RANT
63. Fixes, as pumps : REHEELS - pumps, like these(~!~); I was thinking bike tires
64. Ma and Pa Kettle debut film, with "The" : EGG AND I - fascinating, captain; I did not know this
DOWN:
1. Cream-filled treat : HO-HO - had Oreo to start, messed me up
2. __ instant : IN AN
3. Bend at the barre : PLIE
4. Medical supplies : SERA
5. Gob : TAR - Gob is slang for a US Navy sailor, another sailor word is Tar.
7. Find a new home for, in a way : REPOT
8. Not at all complicated : REAL EASY
9. And more: Abbr. : ETC - Et Cetera
10. Derived from benzene : PHENYL
11. Long ride? : LIMO - accepted as not needing to be Abbr. in clues
12. Bumped off : ICED - where's the "TEA" when it fits ????
13. Jargon : CANT
14. Glee club member : ALTO - vocal range
18. Pliant : LITHE
22. Suds, so to speak : BEER - I, uh, liked this too much - see 57D
24. Apple and peacock, e.g. : LOGOS - these two examples
25. Bakery emanation : AROMA
26. First bird off the Ark, in Genesis : RAVEN - is this a 40A?
27. Deserve no stars : STINK - a thumbs down, I'd say
29. Notable Titanic casualty : ASTOR - 100 years, next year
30. Compact, perhaps : COUPE - as in cars
31. Place for snaps : ALBUM - snap-shots, photos
32. Summons : BEEPS
37. American enticements : LOW FARES - the airline, American
39. Caspian feeder : URAL - map
42. How hard crosswords are usually not done : IN INK
45. Golf ball feature : DIMPLE
48. Willem of "Spider-Man" : DAFOE - as the Green Goblin
49. Can. or Mex., e.g. : ABBR - a little misdirection, using countries
50. Reveal : BARE - show me some leg~!
51. Where Goliath was slain : ELAH
52. "I Just Can't Live __": Carrie Underwood song : A LIE
54. Mystique : AURA
55. Cereal material : BRAN - started with rice
56. Rip to bits : REND
57. Piedmont product : ASTI - the bubbly, loved the stuff - looks like a cool website
59. Completely : ALL
60. __ rule : GAG - had "AS A" here...
Monday, May 30, 2011
Saturday, May 21st, Barry Silk
Theme: None
Words: 72
Blocks: 28
Good doomsday to all ~! Personally, I am waiting on December 21st, 2012 - as our constructor notes in 37D. -
Dark clouds, to some : ILL OMENS
Another Saturday Silk - the man is a monster - I have about 10 puzzles I am trying to complete for submission for publishing, and I am struggling with the more complex grids - and Mr. Silk just pounds them out, in my opinion.
Splynter
ACROSS:
1. Unhappy fans, in slang : BOO BIRDS - Good NHL semi-finals, the fans in Tampa Bay were not happy with their Bolts at home last game
9. Dinar spenders : IRAQIs - I had Iranis to start; see 9D.
15. Encroachment : INVASION
16. Scraps : REFUSE - the noun; REH - fuse
17. Cruel woman : SHE-DEVIL - Blue Öyster Cult's "Sinful Love"; it's in the chorus
18. Cheerios' cousins : ADIEUX - French, plural, and I nailed it - HA~!
19. Poitier title role : SIR - "To SIR, with love", 1967
20. Sargasso Sea spawner : EEL - I did not know this, but the perps did
21. Hunter, at times : SNARER
22. "The Little Mermaid" prince : ERIC - Loved the movie, couldn't remember him
24. Clancy hero : RYAN - and our first reference to a Harrison Ford role, along with Alec Baldwin, playing Jack Ryan, from Tom Clancy's "spy/CIA" novels
26. Principle : TENET
28. Four-note chord : TETRAD - shoulda known this; as a guitarist, I play a lot of diads and triads (much of Van Halen); actually, four notes on a guitar is a bit hard - it means skipping strings, and it's not that easy; here's the major chord standard patterns; B and D are tetrads
30. Investment company T. __ Price : ROWE - was stuck on "BONE" for a bit
32. Dating letters : BCE - Dating, as history - Before Common Era; more here
33. 160 square rods : ONE ACRE- a rod is 5.5 yards
35. Ugly : MEAN
36. Centennial debut of 1909 : LINCOLN HEAD CENT- seed entry?
40. Downwind : ALEE
41. Sunbeam product : TOASTER
42. Nth: Abbr. : ULTimate
43. Bird suborder that includes gulls and terns : LARI - perps again for me
44. Prom queen's concern : HAIRDO - and; 53. High-profile 44-Across : MOHAWK; image
48. Divine, in a way : DOWSE - as in divining rods, fooled me at first; for finding a water source.
50. Summit : ACME
52. Shade of red : BEET
55. Title object of a 1981 film quest : ARK - Harrison Ford #2 - this might be my all-time favorite movie, "Raiders of the Lost Ark" - great scene
57. Rubble creator : TNT - I wonder if Mr. Silk was going for a Flintstones misdirection?
58. Fine wool : MERINO
59. Polish : SIMONIZE - both my vehicles desperately need to be washed and waxed
61. Observation while passing the buck : ANTLER - on, very good, sir ~! "HEY!, nice rack~!"
62. Jason, for one : SEAFARER
63. On the beach : ASHORE
64. One of only three golfers who briefly kept Tiger Woods out of the World #1 spot between 1/11/1998 and 10/30/2010 : ERNIE ELS - Mr. Els makes a lot of puzzles - he's got a good arrangement of letters there
DOWN:
1. "The Deep" co-star : BISSET - and in respect to 61A, here's Jacqueline~!
2. Available, in a way : ON HIRE - meh, FOR sounds better
3. Ready to move on : OVER IT - ah, I was looking for an "INVASION"-type answer, 'MOVE on', instead of 'move ON'
4. Sinister : BAD
5. "Of course" : I SEE
6. Mouth formation : RIVER DELTA - nailed it; started with the downs, too
7. Decoration under a bowl : DOILY - that lacy circle
8. Oct. 1975 TV debut : SNL - Saturday Night Live - if it's 1975 and TV, it's probably something related to this comedy sketch show
9. Modern-day theocracy : IRAN - and the "other" I-R-A_ answer
10. Make an archaeological adjustment to : RE-DATE - sort of a clecho to 32A
11. Hot : AFIRE - "A" answer
12. Colonial leader : QUEEN BEE - in the hive; a colony of bees; thought it was ants
13. "Glad to do it!" : I SURE CAN - can I blog this Saturday? "I sure CAN~!"
14. Word with appeal or change : SEX sex appeal, sex change - yes on one, no on the other....
21. They may wake you up : SNORES
23. "I Got a Name" singer : CROCE - Jim
25. Very old : ARCHAIC - Ancient fit at first....
27. Big top, e.g. : TENT
29. Year in Mexico : ANO
31. One concerned with clemency : WEATHERMAN - I had a high school buddy who wanted to be the TV weatherman since he was a kid - on the tube in VA today.
34. Arctic jacket : ANORAK - the Wiki
35. Fast-food pork sandwich : McRIB - for all the hype surrounding it's limited release, I have nver had one
36. Glorify : LAUD
38. Financial planning yardstick : NET WORTH
39. Traffic controller, briefly : DEA - Drug Enforcement Agent - that kind of traffic
43. One resting against a stake : LEANER - a horseshoe game reference, and I love to play - worth two points; the other winning shot is the ringer, worth three
45. Turn in : RETIRE
46. Washington of "Glory" : DENZEL
47. River rompers : OTTERS
49. 1970 Neil Diamond hit : SHILO
51. Gold medalist skier Hermann : MAIER - all perps on this one
54. Passed slowly, with "on" : WORE
56. First name in diplomacy : KOFI - Annan, United Nations
58. Barnyard bleat : MAA - also my house growing up..."Maaaa, where's my sneakers?"
59. Vane dir. : SSE
60. Clydebank contradiction : NAE - Clydebank, in Scotland - only geography for the day, up next to Glasgow, and the birthplace of some famous ships, including the QEII
Splynter
Words: 72
Blocks: 28
Good doomsday to all ~! Personally, I am waiting on December 21st, 2012 - as our constructor notes in 37D. -
Dark clouds, to some : ILL OMENS
Another Saturday Silk - the man is a monster - I have about 10 puzzles I am trying to complete for submission for publishing, and I am struggling with the more complex grids - and Mr. Silk just pounds them out, in my opinion.
Splynter
ACROSS:
1. Unhappy fans, in slang : BOO BIRDS - Good NHL semi-finals, the fans in Tampa Bay were not happy with their Bolts at home last game
9. Dinar spenders : IRAQIs - I had Iranis to start; see 9D.
15. Encroachment : INVASION
16. Scraps : REFUSE - the noun; REH - fuse
17. Cruel woman : SHE-DEVIL - Blue Öyster Cult's "Sinful Love"; it's in the chorus
18. Cheerios' cousins : ADIEUX - French, plural, and I nailed it - HA~!
19. Poitier title role : SIR - "To SIR, with love", 1967
20. Sargasso Sea spawner : EEL - I did not know this, but the perps did
21. Hunter, at times : SNARER
22. "The Little Mermaid" prince : ERIC - Loved the movie, couldn't remember him
24. Clancy hero : RYAN - and our first reference to a Harrison Ford role, along with Alec Baldwin, playing Jack Ryan, from Tom Clancy's "spy/CIA" novels
26. Principle : TENET
28. Four-note chord : TETRAD - shoulda known this; as a guitarist, I play a lot of diads and triads (much of Van Halen); actually, four notes on a guitar is a bit hard - it means skipping strings, and it's not that easy; here's the major chord standard patterns; B and D are tetrads
30. Investment company T. __ Price : ROWE - was stuck on "BONE" for a bit
32. Dating letters : BCE - Dating, as history - Before Common Era; more here
33. 160 square rods : ONE ACRE- a rod is 5.5 yards
35. Ugly : MEAN
36. Centennial debut of 1909 : LINCOLN HEAD CENT- seed entry?
40. Downwind : ALEE
41. Sunbeam product : TOASTER
42. Nth: Abbr. : ULTimate
43. Bird suborder that includes gulls and terns : LARI - perps again for me
44. Prom queen's concern : HAIRDO - and; 53. High-profile 44-Across : MOHAWK; image
48. Divine, in a way : DOWSE - as in divining rods, fooled me at first; for finding a water source.
50. Summit : ACME
52. Shade of red : BEET
55. Title object of a 1981 film quest : ARK - Harrison Ford #2 - this might be my all-time favorite movie, "Raiders of the Lost Ark" - great scene
57. Rubble creator : TNT - I wonder if Mr. Silk was going for a Flintstones misdirection?
58. Fine wool : MERINO
59. Polish : SIMONIZE - both my vehicles desperately need to be washed and waxed
61. Observation while passing the buck : ANTLER - on, very good, sir ~! "HEY!, nice rack~!"
62. Jason, for one : SEAFARER
63. On the beach : ASHORE
64. One of only three golfers who briefly kept Tiger Woods out of the World #1 spot between 1/11/1998 and 10/30/2010 : ERNIE ELS - Mr. Els makes a lot of puzzles - he's got a good arrangement of letters there
DOWN:
1. "The Deep" co-star : BISSET - and in respect to 61A, here's Jacqueline~!
2. Available, in a way : ON HIRE - meh, FOR sounds better
3. Ready to move on : OVER IT - ah, I was looking for an "INVASION"-type answer, 'MOVE on', instead of 'move ON'
4. Sinister : BAD
5. "Of course" : I SEE
6. Mouth formation : RIVER DELTA - nailed it; started with the downs, too
7. Decoration under a bowl : DOILY - that lacy circle
8. Oct. 1975 TV debut : SNL - Saturday Night Live - if it's 1975 and TV, it's probably something related to this comedy sketch show
9. Modern-day theocracy : IRAN - and the "other" I-R-A_ answer
10. Make an archaeological adjustment to : RE-DATE - sort of a clecho to 32A
11. Hot : AFIRE - "A" answer
12. Colonial leader : QUEEN BEE - in the hive; a colony of bees; thought it was ants
13. "Glad to do it!" : I SURE CAN - can I blog this Saturday? "I sure CAN~!"
14. Word with appeal or change : SEX sex appeal, sex change - yes on one, no on the other....
21. They may wake you up : SNORES
23. "I Got a Name" singer : CROCE - Jim
25. Very old : ARCHAIC - Ancient fit at first....
27. Big top, e.g. : TENT
29. Year in Mexico : ANO
31. One concerned with clemency : WEATHERMAN - I had a high school buddy who wanted to be the TV weatherman since he was a kid - on the tube in VA today.
34. Arctic jacket : ANORAK - the Wiki
35. Fast-food pork sandwich : McRIB - for all the hype surrounding it's limited release, I have nver had one
36. Glorify : LAUD
38. Financial planning yardstick : NET WORTH
39. Traffic controller, briefly : DEA - Drug Enforcement Agent - that kind of traffic
43. One resting against a stake : LEANER - a horseshoe game reference, and I love to play - worth two points; the other winning shot is the ringer, worth three
45. Turn in : RETIRE
46. Washington of "Glory" : DENZEL
47. River rompers : OTTERS
49. 1970 Neil Diamond hit : SHILO
51. Gold medalist skier Hermann : MAIER - all perps on this one
54. Passed slowly, with "on" : WORE
56. First name in diplomacy : KOFI - Annan, United Nations
58. Barnyard bleat : MAA - also my house growing up..."Maaaa, where's my sneakers?"
59. Vane dir. : SSE
60. Clydebank contradiction : NAE - Clydebank, in Scotland - only geography for the day, up next to Glasgow, and the birthplace of some famous ships, including the QEII
Splynter
Sunday, May 15th, Don Gagliardo & C.C. Burnikel
Theme: SALE ! Today's theme relates to the "two month" period preceding the end of business for a company filing Chapter 11 -
23. Week 1 : BUY ONE GET ONE FREE
39. Week 2 : INVENTORY REDUCTION
57. Week 3 : DEEP DISCOUNTS
67. Week 4 : HUGE SAVINGS
82. Week 5 : BLOW-OUT PRICES
97. Week 6 : STORE-WIDE CLEARANCE
115. Week 7 : EVERYTHING MUST GO
129. Week 8 : CLOSED
I was there for the final days of a local hardware/paint store Pergament in 2001.
Splynter, filling in for today's blogger, who is actually today's co-constructor - C.C.~!
See both C.C. and Don's note at the end of the comments.
And Away We Go~!
ACROSS:
1. Lifetime job : CAREER
7. "Let __ eat cake!" : THEM
11. "__ meant was ..." : ALL I
15. "Loser" rocker : BECK - music; for me, his first 'hit', and I get mentioned at 2:00
19. Commonly thorny tree : ACACIA
20. Whit : IOTA
21. Like people in pews : LAIC - not 'of the cloth'
22. Wheel shaft : AXLE
26. No View, No Touch Trap maker : D-CON rat traps
27. Sis's sib : BRO
28. Like an ant. : OPPosite - antonym
29. Org. that can help you get started : AAA quite some clechos today; 4D. Car starter? : ECO
30. Fastens, as a ship's rope : BELAYS "Belay that belaying~!" I think of Picard from Star Trek: The Next Generation
32. One-named New Ager : YANNI - this one y'all can link for yourselves....
35. Some strings : VIOLAS
38. Common Latino newspaper name : EL SOL
45. Catch word? : HOWEVER
48. Beans spiller : STOOLIE
49. Many NASA astronauts were in it : BSA - Boy Scouts of America - tricky; I was looking for something much more "rocket science" - then again, isn't that a badge? I was never in.
50. "__ seen the light!" : I'VE
51. 1997-2006 U.N. leader : ANNAN
54. Foot or fathom : UNIT - of measure, in this case length; a fathom is 6 feet
55. Team : SQUAD
61. "Understood" : I HEAR YA
63. Els with clubs : ERNIE
64. 1968 U.S. Open champ : ASHE Arthur - the Queens, NY US Open tennis stadium is named for him
65. Put into law : ENACT
66. Group with the 1979 #1 hit "Babe" : STYX - sorry, but "lame", no link
71. __ world : ARAB
75. Silly : INANE - crossword standard
77. Lincoln in-law : TODD
78. Refrain syllables : TRA LA
79. Yacht feature? : SILENT C - love this, had the 'silent' part, and wondered if it was the "A" or "H", too - technically, it's "YOT"
86. Degrade : ABASE
87. Zeus' jealous wife : HERA
89. Chicago Eight defendant : SEALE - Bobby, the Black Panther co-founder, was the eighth member, and had his trial severed from the other seven
90. Mess up : ERR
91. Club __ : MED - I remember the commercial, the "antidote to civilization"
92. "Li'l Abner" and "Doonesbury," e.g. : SATIRES
95. Inner-city genre : GANGSTA - as in gangsta rap
102. Exeter's county : DEVON - map
103. As much as one cares to see : EYEFUL - went to Hooters for the hockey game, got my EYE FULL...
104. They may be childproofed : HOMES - I never had a baby, but I have been in these types of homes, where everything has a secondary catch on it
108. Place saver : DOG-EAR - as a book page
110. Got the gold : WON
112. __ Grande : RIO
113. Word to a masseuse : AAH
114. The mi. in Mile-High City : ELEVation
122. Ax : FIRE Canned, 86'ed
123. Floor piece : TILE
124. Yahtzee quintet : DICE
125. Hall of Fame subject of "The Last Boy" : MANTLE - baseball, I am sure a C.C. contribution, Mickey Mantle
126. Lob : TOSS
127. Stops hedging : OPTS
128. Ton : SCAD
DOWN:
1. Hack : CABBY - hesitated, wanted CABBIE at first
2. Legend creator : ACURA -this car
3. Silky synthetic : RAYON
5. German article : EIN and, 33A. Freudian "never" : NIE
6. Arctic explorer John : RAE
7. Men's wear accessory : TIE PIN
8. East Asian stew : HOT POT - Wiki
9. Ike's command: Abbr. : ETO - Another crossword standard, the European Theater of Operations
10. "Oh, brother!" : MAN
11. Communications opener : ALFA - as in the pilot's alphabet, BRAVO CHARLIE, etc.
12. Zhivago's love : LARA
13. It's not good to get caught in one : LIE
14. Cool color for contacts : ICE BLUE - gotten cliche as 'vampire'
15. Rotten apples, so to speak : BAD LOT
16. Legendary sword : EXCALIBUR - have to link this
17. Sate : CLOY - I thought this meant annoy, as in "I forget his name, and it cloys at me"
18. 50-year-old dolls : KENS - D'oh~!, I was thinking Barbie
24. Rules : GOVERNS
25. Routine grounder, say : EASY OUT - baseball again
31. F1 neighbor : ESC - keyboard, top row
34. Intrude upon, as one's space : INVADE
36. Part of 81-Down : LOS Angeles
37. Gallery fare : ART
38. Cutting, maybe : EDITING
40. One of a Latin trio : VENI - Veni, vidi, vici - I didn't know this, but "I came, I smoked, I quit" - the quitting part 4 years ago.
41. Silver and Glass : RONs
42. Yale Bowl rooter : ELI and 93D. Tarzan portrayer Ron : ELY
43. Anthem start : O SAY can you see...
44. Zippo : NADA - anyone else think lighter first?
45. Keeps secret : HIDES immediate clecho;
46. Hardly secret : OVERT
47. Squirt : WEENY
52. Confined, after "in" : A CAGE - this rocks
53. Inhaler? : NOSE clecho, two "in" clues in a row
55. Dry, as wine : SEC
56. Doha native : QATARI - map #2
58. Playful sprites : PIXIES - had NAIADS at first
59. Hesitating sounds : UHS - had UMS first, made my Arthur "ASME" (64A)
60. "Peachy!" : NEAT-O
62. Owns : HAS
65. Assume, as a role : ENDUE
67. Bowler, for one : HAT
68. Let loose : UNCHAIN - gotta link it
69. Altar assurance : VOW immediate clecho;
70. Altar assurances : I DOs - and I had them reversed; I DO, then VOWS
72. Darts : RACES
73. It may be red : ALERT - Star Trek again
74. Iraqi seaport : BASRA
76. Manila-to-Seoul dir. : NNE
78. Dug-out area : TRENCH - ah, semi-baseball
79. __ Club: Costco rival : SAM'S
80. "Yeah, right!" : I BET
81. Six-time World Series-winning MLB franchise : L.A. DODGERS
82. Party wheel : BRIE - cheese wheel
83. It may be grand : LARCENY - as OPPosed to Petit
84. Manila tongue : TAGALOG - I have heard the word
85. Blueprint : PLAN
88. Airport stat. : ETD - Estimated Time of Departure
92. Affirmed in court : SWORE TO
94. "Get it?" : SEE?
96. Old Prizm maker : GEO - interesting history
98. "Speed" actor : REEVES
99. Uncle Tom rescues her from drowning : EVA
100. Aardvarks' land : AFRICA - Argyle had this Monday; linked one of my favorite all-time songs
101. Undone : RUINED
105. Dillon and Damon : MATTs
106. Hole in one, e.g. : EAGLE - the rarest of eagles, or "two under par" on a par three
107. Did a smithy's job : SHOED
108. Nimble : DEFT - I think the word sounds DEFT; crafty and skilled
109. Mixed bag : OLIO
110. Whip mark : WELT
111. Mined metals : ORES
116. Big shot : VIP
117. Favre's 508, briefly : TDs - Brett Favre, Quarterback, and his 1A touchdown passes
118. Fruit drink named for a vitamin : Hi-C
119. III x DCC : MMC - Roman math, 3 X (500+100+100) = 2100(1000+1000+100)
120. "Friendly skies" co. : UAL - United Airlines
121. __-Cat : SNO - image
Notes from C.C. & Don:
This "Sales" idea first came to us last August. We had to change a few theme entries that are either too plain or did not resonate with Rich. We originally had different clues for the theme entries. Rich went a step forward and came up with the "Day 1, 2..." idea. Putting the final punch line CLOSED in the lower right corner created the greatest challenge to completing the fill smoothly. It took 8 months of back and forth with Rich before the puzzle was finally accepted.
23. Week 1 : BUY ONE GET ONE FREE
39. Week 2 : INVENTORY REDUCTION
57. Week 3 : DEEP DISCOUNTS
67. Week 4 : HUGE SAVINGS
82. Week 5 : BLOW-OUT PRICES
97. Week 6 : STORE-WIDE CLEARANCE
115. Week 7 : EVERYTHING MUST GO
129. Week 8 : CLOSED
I was there for the final days of a local hardware/paint store Pergament in 2001.
Splynter, filling in for today's blogger, who is actually today's co-constructor - C.C.~!
See both C.C. and Don's note at the end of the comments.
And Away We Go~!
ACROSS:
1. Lifetime job : CAREER
7. "Let __ eat cake!" : THEM
11. "__ meant was ..." : ALL I
15. "Loser" rocker : BECK - music; for me, his first 'hit', and I get mentioned at 2:00
19. Commonly thorny tree : ACACIA
20. Whit : IOTA
21. Like people in pews : LAIC - not 'of the cloth'
22. Wheel shaft : AXLE
26. No View, No Touch Trap maker : D-CON rat traps
27. Sis's sib : BRO
28. Like an ant. : OPPosite - antonym
29. Org. that can help you get started : AAA quite some clechos today; 4D. Car starter? : ECO
30. Fastens, as a ship's rope : BELAYS "Belay that belaying~!" I think of Picard from Star Trek: The Next Generation
32. One-named New Ager : YANNI - this one y'all can link for yourselves....
35. Some strings : VIOLAS
38. Common Latino newspaper name : EL SOL
45. Catch word? : HOWEVER
48. Beans spiller : STOOLIE
49. Many NASA astronauts were in it : BSA - Boy Scouts of America - tricky; I was looking for something much more "rocket science" - then again, isn't that a badge? I was never in.
50. "__ seen the light!" : I'VE
51. 1997-2006 U.N. leader : ANNAN
54. Foot or fathom : UNIT - of measure, in this case length; a fathom is 6 feet
55. Team : SQUAD
61. "Understood" : I HEAR YA
63. Els with clubs : ERNIE
64. 1968 U.S. Open champ : ASHE Arthur - the Queens, NY US Open tennis stadium is named for him
65. Put into law : ENACT
66. Group with the 1979 #1 hit "Babe" : STYX - sorry, but "lame", no link
71. __ world : ARAB
75. Silly : INANE - crossword standard
77. Lincoln in-law : TODD
78. Refrain syllables : TRA LA
79. Yacht feature? : SILENT C - love this, had the 'silent' part, and wondered if it was the "A" or "H", too - technically, it's "YOT"
86. Degrade : ABASE
87. Zeus' jealous wife : HERA
89. Chicago Eight defendant : SEALE - Bobby, the Black Panther co-founder, was the eighth member, and had his trial severed from the other seven
90. Mess up : ERR
91. Club __ : MED - I remember the commercial, the "antidote to civilization"
92. "Li'l Abner" and "Doonesbury," e.g. : SATIRES
95. Inner-city genre : GANGSTA - as in gangsta rap
102. Exeter's county : DEVON - map
103. As much as one cares to see : EYEFUL - went to Hooters for the hockey game, got my EYE FULL...
104. They may be childproofed : HOMES - I never had a baby, but I have been in these types of homes, where everything has a secondary catch on it
108. Place saver : DOG-EAR - as a book page
110. Got the gold : WON
112. __ Grande : RIO
113. Word to a masseuse : AAH
114. The mi. in Mile-High City : ELEVation
122. Ax : FIRE Canned, 86'ed
123. Floor piece : TILE
124. Yahtzee quintet : DICE
125. Hall of Fame subject of "The Last Boy" : MANTLE - baseball, I am sure a C.C. contribution, Mickey Mantle
126. Lob : TOSS
127. Stops hedging : OPTS
128. Ton : SCAD
DOWN:
1. Hack : CABBY - hesitated, wanted CABBIE at first
2. Legend creator : ACURA -this car
3. Silky synthetic : RAYON
5. German article : EIN and, 33A. Freudian "never" : NIE
6. Arctic explorer John : RAE
7. Men's wear accessory : TIE PIN
8. East Asian stew : HOT POT - Wiki
9. Ike's command: Abbr. : ETO - Another crossword standard, the European Theater of Operations
10. "Oh, brother!" : MAN
11. Communications opener : ALFA - as in the pilot's alphabet, BRAVO CHARLIE, etc.
12. Zhivago's love : LARA
13. It's not good to get caught in one : LIE
14. Cool color for contacts : ICE BLUE - gotten cliche as 'vampire'
15. Rotten apples, so to speak : BAD LOT
16. Legendary sword : EXCALIBUR - have to link this
17. Sate : CLOY - I thought this meant annoy, as in "I forget his name, and it cloys at me"
18. 50-year-old dolls : KENS - D'oh~!, I was thinking Barbie
24. Rules : GOVERNS
25. Routine grounder, say : EASY OUT - baseball again
31. F1 neighbor : ESC - keyboard, top row
34. Intrude upon, as one's space : INVADE
36. Part of 81-Down : LOS Angeles
37. Gallery fare : ART
38. Cutting, maybe : EDITING
40. One of a Latin trio : VENI - Veni, vidi, vici - I didn't know this, but "I came, I smoked, I quit" - the quitting part 4 years ago.
41. Silver and Glass : RONs
42. Yale Bowl rooter : ELI and 93D. Tarzan portrayer Ron : ELY
43. Anthem start : O SAY can you see...
44. Zippo : NADA - anyone else think lighter first?
45. Keeps secret : HIDES immediate clecho;
46. Hardly secret : OVERT
47. Squirt : WEENY
52. Confined, after "in" : A CAGE - this rocks
53. Inhaler? : NOSE clecho, two "in" clues in a row
55. Dry, as wine : SEC
56. Doha native : QATARI - map #2
58. Playful sprites : PIXIES - had NAIADS at first
59. Hesitating sounds : UHS - had UMS first, made my Arthur "ASME" (64A)
60. "Peachy!" : NEAT-O
62. Owns : HAS
65. Assume, as a role : ENDUE
67. Bowler, for one : HAT
68. Let loose : UNCHAIN - gotta link it
69. Altar assurance : VOW immediate clecho;
70. Altar assurances : I DOs - and I had them reversed; I DO, then VOWS
72. Darts : RACES
73. It may be red : ALERT - Star Trek again
74. Iraqi seaport : BASRA
76. Manila-to-Seoul dir. : NNE
78. Dug-out area : TRENCH - ah, semi-baseball
79. __ Club: Costco rival : SAM'S
80. "Yeah, right!" : I BET
81. Six-time World Series-winning MLB franchise : L.A. DODGERS
82. Party wheel : BRIE - cheese wheel
83. It may be grand : LARCENY - as OPPosed to Petit
84. Manila tongue : TAGALOG - I have heard the word
85. Blueprint : PLAN
88. Airport stat. : ETD - Estimated Time of Departure
92. Affirmed in court : SWORE TO
94. "Get it?" : SEE?
96. Old Prizm maker : GEO - interesting history
98. "Speed" actor : REEVES
99. Uncle Tom rescues her from drowning : EVA
100. Aardvarks' land : AFRICA - Argyle had this Monday; linked one of my favorite all-time songs
101. Undone : RUINED
105. Dillon and Damon : MATTs
106. Hole in one, e.g. : EAGLE - the rarest of eagles, or "two under par" on a par three
107. Did a smithy's job : SHOED
108. Nimble : DEFT - I think the word sounds DEFT; crafty and skilled
109. Mixed bag : OLIO
110. Whip mark : WELT
111. Mined metals : ORES
116. Big shot : VIP
117. Favre's 508, briefly : TDs - Brett Favre, Quarterback, and his 1A touchdown passes
118. Fruit drink named for a vitamin : Hi-C
119. III x DCC : MMC - Roman math, 3 X (500+100+100) = 2100(1000+1000+100)
120. "Friendly skies" co. : UAL - United Airlines
121. __-Cat : SNO - image
Notes from C.C. & Don:
This "Sales" idea first came to us last August. We had to change a few theme entries that are either too plain or did not resonate with Rich. We originally had different clues for the theme entries. Rich went a step forward and came up with the "Day 1, 2..." idea. Putting the final punch line CLOSED in the lower right corner created the greatest challenge to completing the fill smoothly. It took 8 months of back and forth with Rich before the puzzle was finally accepted.
Saturday, May 7th, Peter A. Collins
Saturday,
Theme: None
Words: 72
Blocks: 30
I took a look and found the last Peter A. Collins puzzle on Wed., June 3rd, 2009 - before my time here at the blog. This one took longer than I planned, lots of names and places, but it had those "gettable" moments, and one central grid climber -
8. "It seems unreal to me!" : I CAN ONLY IMAGINE
And away we GO ~!
ACROSS:
1. Peace offering? : NOBEL PRIZE - good start; I didn't get it until the Z from ZAG came
11. __ jure : IPSO - Latin, "by operation of law" - Lemonade knows more
15. Subversive : UN-AMERICAN - eh, I suppose
16. Orthodontic challenges : GAPS - I had braces as a teenager, just as they were becoming "acceptable" - my teeth were mis-aligned, but no "gaps"
17. Modern era : DIGITAL AGE - knew it was "- AGE", but computer didn't fit....
18. The Sakmara flows into it : URAL - map #1
19. Party follower? : GOER
20. The Musketeers, e.g. : MEN - long clue, short answer
21. Venetian marketplace : RIALTO
23. Big name in China : Zhou ENLAI - first premier of the People's Republic of China - I defer to C.C. on this
25. Cotton-pickin' : DOGGONE - thought it was Southern drawl, but it's in the dictionary as is - Damn "lite", so to speak
27. "Dracula" director Browning : TOD - never heard of him
29. Contrarian : NAYSAYER - a person who habitually expresses pessimisitc feelings...ooh
32. Eco-friendly border : GREENBELT - at first I thought "huh?", but here's the skinny
36. Produce : SIRE - I don't think of being a father as "producing" kids, but....
37. "The Professor and the Madman" subj. : OED "A tale of murder, mystery, and the making of the Oxford-English Dictionary" - never heard of it
38. Not seasonal : ALL YEAR
41. "Collages" novelist : NIN - Anais
42. Oscar-winning Whitaker role : AMIN - Idi
44. Read the wrong way : MISJUDGED
46. Ledger entry : LINE ITEM
49. Grooved whale : SEI - new to me; here's a pic
50. Small Australian omnivore : BUSHRAT - also new to me; pic #2
52. Place for boarders : DEPOT - meh on this, too
56. 1998 NFL Comeback Player of the Year : FLUTIE - Doug, from the NFL (and CFL) when he was with the Buffalo Bills
58. Prattle : GAB
60. Heavy wind : TUBA - D'oh~! - I had gale, gust, etc. - we're talking orchestra
61. Infrequently spotted : RARE
62. Official report : WHITEPAPER
65. GM worker : ENGR - engineer
66. Apple that's Minnesota's state fruit : HONEYCRISP - according to Wiki, it was 'developed'
67. Morse morsels : DAHS
68. Teases too much, maybe : OVER-STYLES - as in hair, like this....
DOWN:
1. Jog : NUDGE - as in the brain, when you're short on crossword answers....
2. With 3-Down, deli order : ONION, and
3. See 2-Down : BAGEL - I prefer 'everything', personally
4. Qatar, for example : EMIRATE
5. Umpire's cry : LET - Tennis, not baseball - I, of course, had "OUT~!~"
6. London pusher's vehicle : PRAM - baby, not drugs - that would be a Jag with "bling"
7. Worked (up) : RILED
9. Bit of evasion : ZAG - it's Zig in the other direction
10. What some bars supply : ENERGY - ugh, I get it, as in protein bar
11. Dewlapped reptiles : IGUANAS - I miss my good buddy Zeus
12. Negotiating during a truce : PARLEYING - love this
13. Gaiter relative : SPAT - oh, these "things"
14. Vigeland Park city : OSLO - had the S, WAGed it
22. Cyclades island : IOS - map #2
24. New York college whose team is the Gaels : IONA
26. Bill for software? : GATES - as in Microsoft
28. Hotel rm. option : DBL - double, the room/bed size
30. Presque Isle State Park's lake : ERIE - had the - - IE, WAGed it, too
31. Tear : REND
32. SportsCenter highlight : GOAL
33. Do __ ... : RE MI, musical notes
34. City nicknamed "Auld Reekie" : EDINBURGH - here's the castle; love 'em
35. Dramatist Rice : ELMER
39. Foyt and Cronin : AJs
40. Felt remorse for : RUED
43. Fixes : NEUTERS - ouch ~!
45. Regarding what's taken in : DIETARY
47. Grammar best-seller "Woe __" : IS I
48. "Tommy" rockers : THE WHO - not a big fan; I prefer Led Zeppelin & Blue Oyster Cult
51. What tots might go after? : TATER-tots, those little potato nuggets
53. Learner : PUPIL - I tried too hard with TUTEE
54. Like some with sedentary lifestyles : OBESE - if you don't watch your DIETARY intake....
55. Painters' protection : TARPS - diamonds, too
56. "High Noon" director Zinnemann : FRED
57. Lang of Smallville : LANA - Superman's story, as a teenager, and his GF
59. Ottoman governors : BEYS
63. __ lane : HOV - High Occupancy Vehicle - a long way to go for "car pool" - I miss the days before "PC" euphemisms
64. Agt.'s cut : PCT - Agents, and percentage
What? No FRENCH ~? Oh, wait, Parley....
Splynter
Theme: None
Words: 72
Blocks: 30
I took a look and found the last Peter A. Collins puzzle on Wed., June 3rd, 2009 - before my time here at the blog. This one took longer than I planned, lots of names and places, but it had those "gettable" moments, and one central grid climber -
8. "It seems unreal to me!" : I CAN ONLY IMAGINE
And away we GO ~!
ACROSS:
1. Peace offering? : NOBEL PRIZE - good start; I didn't get it until the Z from ZAG came
11. __ jure : IPSO - Latin, "by operation of law" - Lemonade knows more
15. Subversive : UN-AMERICAN - eh, I suppose
16. Orthodontic challenges : GAPS - I had braces as a teenager, just as they were becoming "acceptable" - my teeth were mis-aligned, but no "gaps"
17. Modern era : DIGITAL AGE - knew it was "- AGE", but computer didn't fit....
18. The Sakmara flows into it : URAL - map #1
19. Party follower? : GOER
20. The Musketeers, e.g. : MEN - long clue, short answer
21. Venetian marketplace : RIALTO
23. Big name in China : Zhou ENLAI - first premier of the People's Republic of China - I defer to C.C. on this
25. Cotton-pickin' : DOGGONE - thought it was Southern drawl, but it's in the dictionary as is - Damn "lite", so to speak
27. "Dracula" director Browning : TOD - never heard of him
29. Contrarian : NAYSAYER - a person who habitually expresses pessimisitc feelings...ooh
32. Eco-friendly border : GREENBELT - at first I thought "huh?", but here's the skinny
36. Produce : SIRE - I don't think of being a father as "producing" kids, but....
37. "The Professor and the Madman" subj. : OED "A tale of murder, mystery, and the making of the Oxford-English Dictionary" - never heard of it
38. Not seasonal : ALL YEAR
41. "Collages" novelist : NIN - Anais
42. Oscar-winning Whitaker role : AMIN - Idi
44. Read the wrong way : MISJUDGED
46. Ledger entry : LINE ITEM
49. Grooved whale : SEI - new to me; here's a pic
50. Small Australian omnivore : BUSHRAT - also new to me; pic #2
52. Place for boarders : DEPOT - meh on this, too
56. 1998 NFL Comeback Player of the Year : FLUTIE - Doug, from the NFL (and CFL) when he was with the Buffalo Bills
58. Prattle : GAB
60. Heavy wind : TUBA - D'oh~! - I had gale, gust, etc. - we're talking orchestra
61. Infrequently spotted : RARE
62. Official report : WHITEPAPER
65. GM worker : ENGR - engineer
66. Apple that's Minnesota's state fruit : HONEYCRISP - according to Wiki, it was 'developed'
67. Morse morsels : DAHS
68. Teases too much, maybe : OVER-STYLES - as in hair, like this....
DOWN:
1. Jog : NUDGE - as in the brain, when you're short on crossword answers....
2. With 3-Down, deli order : ONION, and
3. See 2-Down : BAGEL - I prefer 'everything', personally
4. Qatar, for example : EMIRATE
5. Umpire's cry : LET - Tennis, not baseball - I, of course, had "OUT~!~"
6. London pusher's vehicle : PRAM - baby, not drugs - that would be a Jag with "bling"
7. Worked (up) : RILED
9. Bit of evasion : ZAG - it's Zig in the other direction
10. What some bars supply : ENERGY - ugh, I get it, as in protein bar
11. Dewlapped reptiles : IGUANAS - I miss my good buddy Zeus
12. Negotiating during a truce : PARLEYING - love this
13. Gaiter relative : SPAT - oh, these "things"
14. Vigeland Park city : OSLO - had the S, WAGed it
22. Cyclades island : IOS - map #2
24. New York college whose team is the Gaels : IONA
26. Bill for software? : GATES - as in Microsoft
28. Hotel rm. option : DBL - double, the room/bed size
30. Presque Isle State Park's lake : ERIE - had the - - IE, WAGed it, too
31. Tear : REND
32. SportsCenter highlight : GOAL
33. Do __ ... : RE MI, musical notes
34. City nicknamed "Auld Reekie" : EDINBURGH - here's the castle; love 'em
35. Dramatist Rice : ELMER
39. Foyt and Cronin : AJs
40. Felt remorse for : RUED
43. Fixes : NEUTERS - ouch ~!
45. Regarding what's taken in : DIETARY
47. Grammar best-seller "Woe __" : IS I
48. "Tommy" rockers : THE WHO - not a big fan; I prefer Led Zeppelin & Blue Oyster Cult
51. What tots might go after? : TATER-tots, those little potato nuggets
53. Learner : PUPIL - I tried too hard with TUTEE
54. Like some with sedentary lifestyles : OBESE - if you don't watch your DIETARY intake....
55. Painters' protection : TARPS - diamonds, too
56. "High Noon" director Zinnemann : FRED
57. Lang of Smallville : LANA - Superman's story, as a teenager, and his GF
59. Ottoman governors : BEYS
63. __ lane : HOV - High Occupancy Vehicle - a long way to go for "car pool" - I miss the days before "PC" euphemisms
64. Agt.'s cut : PCT - Agents, and percentage
What? No FRENCH ~? Oh, wait, Parley....
Splynter
Wednesday, April 27th, Victor Fleming
"Interview Day",
as I was very excited to wear my new DRESS SHIRT and tie two weeks ago; I have been told round two of the interviews just started this week. Thanks to those who said good luck to me~!
Each of the four theme answers are parts of a DRESS SHIRT, the unifier at 58A, Item featuring the ends of 17-, 24-, 36- and 48-Across:
17. One of a pool table pair : SIDE POCKET - and uh, some other thoughts occurred to me first...
24. Illegal football tackle involving grabbing the inside of the shoulder pads from behind or the side : HORSE COLLAR (never heard this in any game I have ever watched, tho)
36. Album holders : RECORD SLEEVES
48. Seafood entrée : LOBSTER TAIL
Simple theme, and some corners a little tougher than I expected for a Wednesday, but a good challenge.
And away we GO ~!
ACROSS:
1. Stinging : ACRID
6. Texas Rangers CEO Nolan : RYAN - baseball, I knew him as the pitcher a long time ago....
10. Go, as through mud : SLOG - and Crossword Corner Blog jargon for wading through a tough puzzle
14. Sex educator Hite : SHERE - Shirley Gregory, from the Wiki article
15. Billion add-on : BillionAIRE
16. Hobbler's support : CANE
19. Take the stage first : OPEN
20. Franken and Gore : ALs
21. Old-fashioned wedding vow pronoun : THEE
22. Inhabited, with "in" : DWELT
23. Final: Abbr. : ULT - ultimate
27. Prevaricators : LIARS
29. Trick : CON
30. Bond, for one : SPY
31. Head, to Cécile : TETE
32. M16 attachment : BAYONET
40. Practiced with the platoon : DRILLED - the analyzer says this word has never been in a NYT puzzle - I find that shocking....
41. When repeated, a food fish : MAHI-mahi, Hawaiian for this fish
43. That, to Tomás : ESO
46. Citrus drink : ADE
47. Big name in stationery : EATON - new to me; here's a bit from Wiki
53. Shipping lane milieu : SEA - must be too early; this one got me, and I know what milieu means - despite being French
54. Foaming at the mouth, so to speak : IRATE
55. Prefix with sphere : HEMIsphere
56. Sot's syndrome, briefly : DTs - oh yeah, been there, done that - not pretty, but six years ago, now
57. Moore of "Ghost" : DEMI
61. Airline to Eilat : ELAL - a WAG, but not a hard one - map
62. Major-__ : DOMO
63. "__ Go Again": Whitesnake #1 song : "HERE I" OK, I'll link it - but not the "Tawny" video
64. Part of SSS: Abbr. : SYST
65. Part of a process : STEP
66. Starlike flower : ASTER
DOWN:
1. Battery partner : ASSAULT
2. More in need of a sweater, say : CHILLIER
3. Voting map designation : RED STATE - map #2
4. Infuriation : IRE
5. Ocean-bottom areas : DEPTHS
6. Indy entrant : RACER - Indianapolis 500
7. "Uh-oh!" : YIKES
8. "__ you for real?" : ARE
9. Court divider : NET - tennis was not my first thought - I watch too much Law & Order
10. Displeased look : SCOWL
11. Jacket features : LAPELS
12. Quarter-mile, maybe : ONE LAP
13. Aristocracy : GENTRY - from the French, meaning "high-born"
18. "Gotcha!" : O-HO
22. Charity, e.g. : DONEE - as opposed to the DonOR
25. Where to study mathématiques : ECOLE, ah, French....and the C was the last letter I had to fix- thought it was ETOLE at first, but "Ton" made no sense for "Trick".
26. Funnel-shaped : CONED - tried CONIC at first, didn't sound right
28. Stamp for an incoming pkg. : REC'D - received - all this infromation is encoded at my part-time job, UPS
32. One walking in front of a train : BRIDE - interesting visual if you don't think bride first....just rented "Unstoppable", thought it was pretty good.
33. Freud contemporary : Alfred ADLER
34. Fashion monogram : YSL - Yves Saint Laurent - here - a crossword standard
35. Like "Nip/Tuck," rating-wise : TVMA - short for TV Mature Audiences; some others are L - language, S - sex, V - violence, and D for "suggestive dialogue"; our little corner has a LOT of this ~!
37. Get on the soapbox : ORATE
38. Humbly takes the blame : EATS DIRT
39. Shape-maintaining insert : SHOE TREE
42. Agitated : IN A STIR had in a SNIT first
43. Skips over in pronunciation : ELIDES - as in "gonna" for "going to"
44. Extremely : SORELY - as in "I sorely missed her"
45. First family : OBAMAs
47. Inventor Otis : ELISHA - did not know his first name; usually clued with elevator
49. Clown heightener : STILT
50. Most crosswords have one : THEME - yes they do ~!
51. Fabulous fellow? : AESOP - not my first thought; see 60D
52. AOL communications : IMs - Instant Messages
58. Bridge installer's deg. : DDS - got me, I was thinking civil engineer; this is the dentist's degree "Doctor of Dental Surgery"
59. Rubbish : ROT
60. "For __ a jolly ..." : HE'S - yes, the "fellow" of 51D made this song pop into my head
Splynter
as I was very excited to wear my new DRESS SHIRT and tie two weeks ago; I have been told round two of the interviews just started this week. Thanks to those who said good luck to me~!
Each of the four theme answers are parts of a DRESS SHIRT, the unifier at 58A, Item featuring the ends of 17-, 24-, 36- and 48-Across:
17. One of a pool table pair : SIDE POCKET - and uh, some other thoughts occurred to me first...
24. Illegal football tackle involving grabbing the inside of the shoulder pads from behind or the side : HORSE COLLAR (never heard this in any game I have ever watched, tho)
36. Album holders : RECORD SLEEVES
48. Seafood entrée : LOBSTER TAIL
Simple theme, and some corners a little tougher than I expected for a Wednesday, but a good challenge.
And away we GO ~!
ACROSS:
1. Stinging : ACRID
6. Texas Rangers CEO Nolan : RYAN - baseball, I knew him as the pitcher a long time ago....
10. Go, as through mud : SLOG - and Crossword Corner Blog jargon for wading through a tough puzzle
14. Sex educator Hite : SHERE - Shirley Gregory, from the Wiki article
15. Billion add-on : BillionAIRE
16. Hobbler's support : CANE
19. Take the stage first : OPEN
20. Franken and Gore : ALs
21. Old-fashioned wedding vow pronoun : THEE
22. Inhabited, with "in" : DWELT
23. Final: Abbr. : ULT - ultimate
27. Prevaricators : LIARS
29. Trick : CON
30. Bond, for one : SPY
31. Head, to Cécile : TETE
32. M16 attachment : BAYONET
40. Practiced with the platoon : DRILLED - the analyzer says this word has never been in a NYT puzzle - I find that shocking....
41. When repeated, a food fish : MAHI-mahi, Hawaiian for this fish
43. That, to Tomás : ESO
46. Citrus drink : ADE
47. Big name in stationery : EATON - new to me; here's a bit from Wiki
53. Shipping lane milieu : SEA - must be too early; this one got me, and I know what milieu means - despite being French
54. Foaming at the mouth, so to speak : IRATE
55. Prefix with sphere : HEMIsphere
56. Sot's syndrome, briefly : DTs - oh yeah, been there, done that - not pretty, but six years ago, now
57. Moore of "Ghost" : DEMI
61. Airline to Eilat : ELAL - a WAG, but not a hard one - map
62. Major-__ : DOMO
63. "__ Go Again": Whitesnake #1 song : "HERE I" OK, I'll link it - but not the "Tawny" video
64. Part of SSS: Abbr. : SYST
65. Part of a process : STEP
66. Starlike flower : ASTER
DOWN:
1. Battery partner : ASSAULT
2. More in need of a sweater, say : CHILLIER
3. Voting map designation : RED STATE - map #2
4. Infuriation : IRE
5. Ocean-bottom areas : DEPTHS
6. Indy entrant : RACER - Indianapolis 500
7. "Uh-oh!" : YIKES
8. "__ you for real?" : ARE
9. Court divider : NET - tennis was not my first thought - I watch too much Law & Order
10. Displeased look : SCOWL
11. Jacket features : LAPELS
12. Quarter-mile, maybe : ONE LAP
13. Aristocracy : GENTRY - from the French, meaning "high-born"
18. "Gotcha!" : O-HO
22. Charity, e.g. : DONEE - as opposed to the DonOR
25. Where to study mathématiques : ECOLE, ah, French....and the C was the last letter I had to fix- thought it was ETOLE at first, but "Ton" made no sense for "Trick".
26. Funnel-shaped : CONED - tried CONIC at first, didn't sound right
28. Stamp for an incoming pkg. : REC'D - received - all this infromation is encoded at my part-time job, UPS
32. One walking in front of a train : BRIDE - interesting visual if you don't think bride first....just rented "Unstoppable", thought it was pretty good.
33. Freud contemporary : Alfred ADLER
34. Fashion monogram : YSL - Yves Saint Laurent - here - a crossword standard
35. Like "Nip/Tuck," rating-wise : TVMA - short for TV Mature Audiences; some others are L - language, S - sex, V - violence, and D for "suggestive dialogue"; our little corner has a LOT of this ~!
37. Get on the soapbox : ORATE
38. Humbly takes the blame : EATS DIRT
39. Shape-maintaining insert : SHOE TREE
42. Agitated : IN A STIR had in a SNIT first
43. Skips over in pronunciation : ELIDES - as in "gonna" for "going to"
44. Extremely : SORELY - as in "I sorely missed her"
45. First family : OBAMAs
47. Inventor Otis : ELISHA - did not know his first name; usually clued with elevator
49. Clown heightener : STILT
50. Most crosswords have one : THEME - yes they do ~!
51. Fabulous fellow? : AESOP - not my first thought; see 60D
52. AOL communications : IMs - Instant Messages
58. Bridge installer's deg. : DDS - got me, I was thinking civil engineer; this is the dentist's degree "Doctor of Dental Surgery"
59. Rubbish : ROT
60. "For __ a jolly ..." : HE'S - yes, the "fellow" of 51D made this song pop into my head
Splynter
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