Saturday, Oct 1st, Barry C. Silk

Theme: None

Words: 70

Blocks: 28

October starts "ORFF" (32D) with a Saturday Silk - and started rough, but ended up-

20A. Not so tough : EASIER

At least for me;  lots of 9's, 8's, & 7's, two 12-letter climbers, and two 10's;

35A. Space-saving display : FLATSCREEN - which we had (mostly) yesterday, it's counterpart being;

30A. They fall in war films : PARATROOPS;

which altered my original "SHOOT OUT GOAL" to-

20D. Hockey game clincher : EMPTY NET GOAL - such a huge sigh of relief in a tightly played 3-2 game; it's counterpart being;

5D. Carnegie Deli offering : KOSHER PICKLE - I was thinking pastrami something....never been, but really need to - living 60mi from "the city"

Onward~!

ACROSS:

1. Party leader : HOST - semi-misdirection, but I wasn't fooled

5. ___ Sea, off Siberia : KARA - map

9. Short-necked European fruit : ANJOU - Pear didn't fit, but the "U" from USER IDs made the "brand name" obvious

14. Neutralizer of a sort : ANTI-TOXIN - without this, you'll be sucking the poison out

16. Theater name : LOEWS

17. Ben Franklin, e.g. : STATESMAN

18. City on the Aar : BERNE - Switzerland

19. Solutions for unfair situations? : GALOSHES - We are still in unfair, "not fair" weather conditions here, but I like rainy days

21. Modern address : URL - Uniform Resource Locator

22. "1-2-3" singer Barry : LEN - I had this clue not too long ago

23. Tracker or Canyon : GMC - the automobiles, that is

24. Fifth-century date : CDI - years 401-500, in Roman Numbers; C=100, D=500

25. Haberdashery item : TIEBAR

27. Brand for which Garfield was once spokescat : ALPO

28. Patricia Neal's Oscar film : HUD

29. Fountain output : SODA

33. One may go over your head : HAIRDRYER



38. Brothers : FRAS - the 'order of' type brothers, in Italian

42. Lucy of "Kill Bill" : LIU - her

43. Body protector : SKIN - had S-u-I-t, which helped

44. Worn out : EFFETE

46. Gives a thumbs-up : OKs

47. Antiquity, quaintly : ELD

48. Old televangelism letters : PTL

49. Burden : TAX

50. Adjust at the garage, perhaps : RE-TUNE

52. Composer for whom an annual violin competition is named : PAGANINI - the "rock N roll" start of his time; quote here

54. Nonreactive : INERT

55. Deadpan features : MONOTONES - Steven Wright, e.g.

56. Suit material : SERGE

57. Woman in a tree? : GREAT-AUNT - not fooled, talkin' family tree....

58. Suit material : TWEED

59. Give away : TELL

60. Tablets from docs : MEDS

DOWN:

1. Shows nerve : HAS GUTS

2. London's setting : ONTARIO - map, middle

3. Conked out : STALLED

4. One of the Jacksons : TITO

6. Dismissive sorts? : AXMEN

7. Narrow inlets : RIAS

8. "Barbara __": Beach Boys hit : ANN

9. White meat source : ALBACORE - Tuna

10. Rejections : NOES

11. Bible's City of Palm Trees : JERICHO - my mother is a teacher-aide at Jericho Elementary School

12. Confessed : OWNED UP

13. They get you in : USER IDs

15. Magnetic induction unit : TESLA

23. Driving problem : GLARE

26. Currency with King Mongkut on the fifty : BAHT - Siam, and the king in "The King and I"

27. "As You Like It" forest : ARDEN - Shakespeare

31. Secret rival : ARRID - Secret and Arrid, two brand-name deodorants

32. "O Fortuna" composer : ORFF - more here

34. Agreed : ASSENTED

35. Wedding arranger? : FLORIST

36. Perfectly restored : LIKE NEW

37. Stark : AUSTERE

39. Attendants : RETINUE

40. Done : AT AN END

41. Many Suffragette opponents : SEXISTS - "what's wrong with being sexy?"  -IST

45. Half a legendary bluegrass duo : FLATT - & Scruggs - here

48. Advisory group : PANEL

51. Press : URGE

52. Minute opening : PORE

53. First name in linguistics : NOAM - Chomsky

55. Co. heads : MGT - ManaGmenT

That's how you start the month with Silk and Splynter ~!!!

Splynter