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Hello, gang ~! I was fooled into thinking this was a "walk in the park" but I simply could not WAG my way through the NE corner, despite having a pretty good foot-hold. I blogged Doug's last offering just over a month ago, and did well on that one - I must have made him mad....
Onward ~!
ACROSS:
1. They're dirty pool : CHEAP SHOTS - reminds me of this Addams Family scene
11. WNBA positions : CTRs - not fooled by the "W", but still a WAG, since basketball is not my thing
15. Muse of sacred music : POLYHYMNIA - I got it, even with "HY_N" to start; a little background
16. Brest milk : LAIT - LOTS of great, subtle DF cluing today, a play on breast - or is it just me?
17. Does a bit of informal polling : ASKS AROUND
18. Paquin of "True Blood" : ANNA - so not into the latest Vampire thing - I was happy with "Underworld" and Kate Beckinsale
19. Note : SEE
20. Puzzle (out) : SUSS - Clued exclusively for us "Corner" types
21. Model born Lesley Hornby : TWIGGY - Did not know this; I know of her, but not part of my world
23. Equinox mo. : SEPtember - closing in on hockey season ~!
24. Accepted : NORMAL
25. "GoodFellas" Oscar winner : PESCI - this one was a real gimme; I was just watching "My Cousin Vinny" and they mentioned this in the commercial break
28. Reckon, in the boonies : SPOSE - as in "I s'pose y'all city folk?"
30. OR abbr. : NEG - wha? I thought it was EKG; I mean, I get it, but does the Operating Room doc say "NEG"? And blood (type) isn't ONLY in the OR....meh
32. One who's done stretches? : EX-CON - nailed it
33. Texas Rangers CEO : NOLAN RYAN - did not know this, knew him only as a pitcher
35. Leap on blades : AXEL
36. Story writer/poet Grace who studied with Auden : PALEY - her
37. Classic Leontyne Price role : AIDA - here
38. Honey Ryder and Xenia Onatopp, e.g. : BOND GIRLS - "Bond, James Bond" - my top three Bond Girls; (1) - (2) - (3) - what's yours? Sorry ladies....
40. Out of line : ASKEW
41. Inseparable : ONE
42. Some rectangular bars : OLEOS - a little ruse here, oleo the fake butter bar in the fridge
43. Feinting spells? : SPARS - meh, I get it, but I think of feinting as part of fencing
44. Ore.'s highest point : Mt. HOOD
46. Broker's advice : BUY - I use Scottrade
47. Any regular on "The View" : CO-HOST - too much estrogen for me
48. Numbers for closers : ERAs - Earned Run Average, a number for Nolan
50. Cone head? : SNO - oh, very good - I was not on this wavelength to start
53. __ Bacon: "East of Eden" character : ABRA
54. Got at : INSINUATED
57. Structure on piles : PIER
58. "When pigs fly!" : NOT ON A DARE
59. More than asked : PLED
60. Safari sights : GRASSLANDS - ah - not Gorillllas, Gazelllles, Giraffffes,...
DOWN:
1. They're no. experts : CPAs - Certified Public Accountants - I caught the "." after "no"
2. It may wind up around the house : HOSE - we have two hose bibs, so we do not have to wrap the house, but I have seen this
3. Paul's "The Prize" co-star : ELKE - Paul Newman, Elke Sommer in this movie
4. Bard's interjections : AYs
5. Introduce by degrees : PHASE IN
6. Stack sweetener : SYRUP - pancake stack
7. GP gps. : HMOs
8. Weight : ONUS
9. Can across the pond : TIN - a tin of tobacco, in England and other places on the other side of the Atlantic, affectionately known as the "pond"
10. "I'm afraid the news is not good ..." : SAD TO SAY
11. One may be filed : CLAIM
12. It merged with Zanzibar in 1964 : TANGANYIKA - man, I thought I knew this, but it totally eluded me; map - the Lake is now on the left, Zanzibar to the right
13. Gangbuster's target : RINGLEADER - Rum-runner, etc., but I couldn't "suss" it out
14. Inn time : STAY - Argh~! - Trying too hard on this one
22. Singer of complex songs : WREN - not a DIVA
23. Baste : SCOLD - completely filled in via Perps - otherwise, I might have screwed this one up
24. Phrase of emphasis : NO LESS
25. R&B singer Bryson : PEABO
26. Dow 30 company : EXXON-MOBIL
27. When, in Act Two of "Macbeth," the Porter knocks at the gate : SCENE THREE
28. Caught : SNARED
29. Taquería meat : POLLO - Chicken
31. Irritates, with "at" : GNAWS
34. Far from mellifluous : RASPY - Sassy, no, Rusty, no, Risky, no....
36. At the helm of : PILOTING
39. Nursery sounds : GOOs
40. Like much business? : AS USUAL - Men at Work and a little ditty for you
45. Put away : HOARD
46. Wedding announcement : BANNS - new one for me; and intended notice of marriage
47. Stupefyin' Jones creator : CAPP - Al Capp, Li'l Abner - Wiki
48. First-year Spanish verb : ESTA
49. Mexican waterways : RIOs
50. Persian for "place of" : STAN
51. One needing social work? : NERD
52. Confucius's "Book of __" : ODES
55. Bergen's home: Abbr. : NORway - Second largest city
56. Org. working on bridges : ADA - The fake teeth bridges of the American Dental Association - got it
Splynter
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