Words: 70
Blocks: 32
5 grid-spanners today from our constructor, whose last Sat LAT puzzle was April 2011. This was another healthy mental workout for me, with just a couple of "ugh" spots of proper names crossing foreign words or abbrs. Our 15-letter entries:
17. Without delay : AT THE DROP OF A HAT - Scroll down to read about it here
32. They're hidden in negotiations : ULTERIOR MOTIVES - every single one of them
37. One with a lot to offer : REAL ESTATE AGENT - a "lot" to offer - good one ~! I need to get in touch with local agents, so I can promote my new Inspection business; I saw this name for an Inspection company yesterday - "Sure Lock Homes"; thought it was a locksmith's truck at first....
38. Cousins of flares : BELL BOTTOM PANTS - Image
52. Rail campaign, traditionally : WHISTLE STOP TOUR - a little history here, and a side note that the color of UPS trucks is called "Pullman Brown"
Yes, No, Maybe, Not ~??
Onward ~!
ACROSS:
1. "Vexations" composer : SATIE - Don't like to start on a Proper Name; sparse piano piece
6. Offers : BID PRICES - not a fan of eBay, but it's OK in crosswords
15. Collision sound : CLACK - Makes me think of Terry Pratchett's "communications" system
16. Annoy the director : OVER-EMOTE
19. Backstabber : RAT
20. __ Arann: Dublin-based carrier : AER - WAG, of Aer Lingus type
21. Communicates, in a way : SIGNS - using your hands, for the deaf, e.g.
22. __ rich : FILTHY
25. Nice noodle? : TETE - French, the city of Nice (neece)
26. "The Prague Cemetery" author : ECO - Crossed with "biblical mount" ??? - Eh
27. Dope : POOP
29. First mate? : EVE - Adam's mate
39. GPS heading : SSE
40. Apparently are : SEEM
41. Egg head? : OVI
42. Office stamp : REC'D - I like to "over-pronounce" when I fill in crosswords; hence, this is "Wrecked"
44. Common soccer result : ONE-NIL - my dad is a monster soccer fan, so I hear on the TV all the time a "gripping one nil victory for Manchester ~!!!" ( 1-0 )
47. Express a view : OPINE
49. Classified letters after a number : RMS - I actually do not get this at all - my first thought was Rms, for hotel rooms, then I thought it was speaker output rating; and now I wonder if it's the reference to a British ship
51. Horned grazer : GNU
56. They may be competing : INTERESTS
57. Grammy-winning mezzo-soprano Anne __ von Otter : SOFIE - a half WAG; I had the --FIE part
58. Chucks : TOSSES OUT - Do we all use the word 'chuck' in this sense? I know it's common here on Long Island
59. Examines closely : SIFTS
DOWN:
1. Secret Santa gift : SCARF - Never been in a Secret Santa; my mom, as a teacher, was often involved - but never got or gave a scarf
2. Asia's __ Mountains : ALTAI - take a gander
3. Revealing : TATTLE-TALE - adjective, in this moment
4. Hessian pronoun : ICH
5. Obtain the hard way, with "out" : EKE
6. Drill : BORE
7. Composer Novello of British theatre : IVOR
8. Passbook abbr. : DEPosit - that kind of passbook
9. Many a Rilke work : PROSE POEM - Rainer Maria Rilke
10. Overhaul, as in dry dock : REFIT
11. Celeb's concern : IMAGE
12. Rosenberg trial attorney Roy : COHN
13. They may change during flights: Abbr. : ETAs
14. Ready : SET
18. Word with trip or light : DAY
23. Immune response component : T-CELL
24. Biblical mount : HOREB - Not up on my Bible - more here
25. Oater omen : TOM-TOM - the "injuns" are mounting an attack DUM - dum - doo-doo
27. Blotto : POTTED - Sunday marked 7 years since I was "potted, blotto, wasted", etc.
28. Be bombastic, perhaps : ORATE
29. Barkeep's respite : EVENING OFF - does he go to the bar anyway? I used to on my night off....
30. Blow off steam : VENT
31. Ballpark figs. : ESTimatesS
32. Metro regions : URBS - metropolitan/urban
33. Bottom of the barrel : LEES
34. Symmetrical, in a way : ISOSCELES - the Triangle; how many can you find?
35. Hit lightly : TAP ON
36. "__ my love ..." : I GAVE
42. Gets promotions : RISES - possible I might be getting one
43. __ nous : ENTRE - 'Frawnsh', again
44. Spanish bear : OSO
45. Arctic language : INUIT
46. Attractive aspects of fishing? : LURES
47. "Aaugh!" : OH NO
48. Worst : PITS
49. Alphabet string : RSTU - I'm OK with this
50. __ Helens, Wash. : MT. ST. - the volcano
52. 1999 Pulitzer-winning play by Margaret Edson : WIT
53. "__ Beso": Anka hit : ESO
54. Some email enders : PSs - Have you ever added a P.S. to an email, or just wrote another one?
55. French pronoun : TOI - Eh, you know how i feel; seems like French is more frequent at the beginning of the year~?
For those who are wondering, my paperwork is in for the promotion at UPS, but no word yet - and I got a real cel phone at last ~! Yea~! It works as a phone, everywhere, and all the features work - joy~!
Splynter
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