Theme: None
Words: 66
Blocks: 36
Brad's last LAT offering was March 27th, last year, when JazzB did the honors. I like these puzzles where nothing is so obscure that you can't suss out an answer with a WAG or two, after getting some perps. A cool looking, "Space Invaders" layout with 11-, 13-, and 15-letter grid spanners top and bottom, including one of my favorites;
52. 1984 Rob Reiner rock music satire : THIS IS SPINAL TAP,
where it's "one louder"....
Splynter here to show how each letter "PLOPS" into place...
ACROSS:
1. It may be caged or staked : TOMATO PLANT - Very cool start, had to wait for the 'O' in Octad to get it
12. Lace alternative, perhaps : VELCRO CLOSURE
14. Learns cold : COMMITS TO MEMORY
16. Out of the teeth of the gale : ALEE
17. Suffix with city : SCAPE - CitySCAPE, like this
18. Supply next to the grill : BUNS - hot dog and hamburger
19. First name in travel : MARCO - I liked this; I was thinking Expedia, etc., and had VASCO to start - Mr. Da Gama
21. Circular contents : ADS
22. Fix, as a bow : RETIE
23. Exile, perhaps : ENISLE - looks odd, but we've seen it before
25. Less inclined to ramble : TERSER
26. First National Leaguer to hit 500 homers : OTT - Mel, I believe - tell us more, C.C.
27. Pre-makeover condition : DRABNESS - people and houses
31. Leprechaun-like : FEY - not what I thought it meant
32. Epoch in which grazing mammals became widespread : MIOCENE - a chart for you to 14A for the future
33. Mg. and oz. : WTs - Milligrams and ounces
36. Included as a postscript : TACKED ON
37. Humble abode : HUT
38. God often depicted with green skin : OSIRIS - him
41. Arlington, Va., post : FT. MYER
43. Like many Edwardian era collars : BONED - OK, I know who's going DF here....
44. Screwdriver parts, for short : OJs - The screwdriver mixed drink, Orange Juice and Vodka
47. Perceive : SENSE
48. __ dixit : IPSE - Latin, "he says it himself" - from Wiki
49. Exams given by committee : ORALS
51. Was a passenger : RODE
55. Federal Reserve goal : STABLE ECONOMY - IMO, I think it's an "unrealistic" goal; I am grateful to have my foot in the door at UPS
56. Far from settled : UP FOR DEBATE - took me a minute, since i had the IBO, not the IBF
DOWN:
1. Boldness : TEMERITY
2. Pre-Columbian Mexicans : OLMECS - had AZTECS to start, was enough for a toehold
3. Co. with a '90s "Friends & Family" program : MCI - tried AT(&)T first, knew it wasn't right
4. Conservatory pursuits : ARTS
5. "Vissi d'arte" singer : TOSCA - I know of the electronica group TOSCA, not this
6. Square dance quorum : OCTAD - and I had EIGHT to start, too....
7. Falls heavily : PLOPS
8. Capital on the Gulf of Guinea : LOMÉ - a map for you - I WAGed ROME, since there is a "link" between Italians and uh, Guinea, but it's not the same
9. Polymer ending : ASE - as in "plastic bASE" er, I mean the scientific naming of enzymes, like oxidase
10. Book covering the Hebrews' 40-year wilderness exile : NUMBERS
11. Rainbow and Dolly Varden : TROUTS - did not know this
12. Lightly and quickly, in music : VOLANTE - Italian
13. Muppet wearing horizontal stripes : ERNIE - Here he is
14. Resulted from : CAME OF
15. River of Flanders : YSER
20. Game for young matchmakers : OLD MAID - never played, so here's what I found - a game of 'pairing', with one odd card in the deck, the "OLD MAID"
22. Is put out by : RESENTS - "friends of Bill W." make this a noun - "a" resentment
24. Idle and more? : ERICs - of Monty Python fame
25. :50, put another way : TEN OF - Over-thought this one; knew it was 'of the hour', but didn't make the connection until _ _ N OF
28. Peachy : A-OK
29. Letters used in dating : BCE - we've seen this before, "Common Era"
30. Animated Flanders : NED - the 'Hi-Diddly Ho ~!!' Simpson's neighbor
33. 1984 #1 country hit by the Judds : WHY NOT ME - I defer to our country fans on the blog for this one
34. Common voting occasion : TUESDAY - Election day is the Tuesday AFTER the first Monday of November; in other words, November 1st cannot be Election Day
35. "Out of Africa" star : STREEP - Meryl, here
36. Food for leafhoppers : TREE SAP - blecht~! I do not like bugs
38. Passing news item? : OBITuary
39. Some campus returnees : SOPHs - for their second year - had ALUMS to start
40. Undisturbed : IN SITU - Latin again, "In position"
42. Red wine grape : MERLOT
44. Calgary Olympics skating silver medalist : ORSER - Calgary, 1988, a look back, but not what I think guys should be skating for....
45. Ribbed : JAPED - to joke; I thought this was a condom thing....DF
46. Links bugaboo : SLICE - and it's opposite, the hook
49. Site of 1993 Arab-Israeli accords : OSLO
50. Kitsch deplorer : SNOB - I like some tawdry stuff
53. Org. with a pair of gloves in its logo : IBF - Here's the website & logo, top left corner
54. Ortiz of "Ugly Betty" : ANA - Image
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