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Happy Birthday to C.C.'s Crossword Corner Blog - we turn "Four" today ~!!!
To celebrate, we have two of our regular constructors teaming up, much like our host does with her co-conspirator DonG. I got through this one without red-letter, or a Google cheat, but not without waking up some of the darker portions of my sleeping brain....A pinwheel of triple elevens and nines, no spanners or climbers, but a tough solve all the same. Lots of proper names, and foreign ones, too, which never makes it easy, and one name I refused to give up on (17A.).
Onward~!
ACROSS:
1. Fictional Bagne of Toulon prisoner : JEAN VALJEAN - I had not a clue; reference to Les Misérables; here is a little on the location
12. "How relaxing!" : AHH
15. Military sanction : ARMS EMBARGO - the "O" at the end was a big help; not too many words there
16. Friend of Piglet : ROO - Characters from Winnie the Pooh
17. The Hulk, untransformed : BRUCE BANNER - Now, I grew up on the TV series in the 70's, with Bill Bixby as DAVID Banner; I would not let this one go until I started on the blog, and checked this link
18. Double-chevron wearer: Abbr. : CPL - when you don't know rank, take your pick; SGT, ENS, ah - Corporal
19. Universal signal since 1908 : S.O.S.
20. Ultravox frontman Midge __ : URE - Total blank; perps filled this in; Brit pop band
21. Held up : LASTED - anyone else start with ROBBED ??
23. Office orders : REAMS - not FORMS, but paper measures
26. Tessellated artwork : MOSAICS - from the Latin for small stone cube, which was lurking in my lobes somewhere; a sample
27. Native American in Connecticut : MOHEGAN - for BarryG, probably a straight fill; for me, a duh V-8 can moment, because I see the commercials for the casino 'Mohegan Sun' in CT all the time....
30. Dylan contemporary : OCHS - More here
31. Gave a shot, say : DOSED - the Doctor who "1D.'s" you with a needle
34. Spica's constellation : VIRGO - we just had these two
36. Sprinkling : FEW - I had "TAD" to start
37. Lacking a point : INANE
38. First name in spy fiction : IAN - Flemming, James Bond's creator - for you, C.C.
39. 2010 Literature Nobelist Mario Vargas __ : LLOSA - More here
41. Ga. airport that serves Hilton Head Island : SAV - D'oh~!! Another V-8 moment; this airport
42. Prefix with -loquent : MAGNI - pompous
44. Highest score possible with a single dart : SIXTY
45. Keen : AVID
47. Missed payment result : LATE FEE
49. Louisiana license plate image : PELICAN - Image
51. Baseball Hall of Famer Cap : ANSON - If it's baseball, I defer to C.C.
54. Easy to erect : PREFABricated, like houses
55. Crony : PAL
57. Memory unit, briefly : MEG
59. Labyrinth location : EAR - canal #1
60. The Bridge of the Americas locale : PANAMA CANAL - canal #2
64. Gone by : AGO
65. Yellow Brick Road terminus : EMERALD CITY - not "THE LAND OF OZ", but I was never a big fan
66. Remote abbr. : REW
67. "Charlie's Angels" actress : KATE JACKSON - one of eight that I can think of, from TV and movies - Image, on left
DOWN:
1. Ring sequence : JABS - Boxing ring
2. Reason for striking out : ERROR - Ah, not Whiff, like baseball, but in
3. Divert : AMUSE
4. White House foreign policy gp. : NSC - National Security Council
5. Certain migratory pattern : VEE
6. Jump : AMBUSH
7. Brace with a 90-degree bend : L-BAR
8. Krakowski of "30 Rock" : JANE - Image; dated a girl who looked like her
9. Southwest add-on : ERN - SouthwestERN
10. Really drawn-out : AGE-LONG
11. Dunn and Ephron of Hollywood : NORAS
12. Lemming predator : ARCTIC FOX
13. Trousseau holder : HOPE CHEST
14. Reigns : HOLDS SWAY
22. __ Miguel, largest of the Azores : SAO - I WAGed SAN, got close enough
24. "Well said!" : AMEN
25. PC peripheral : MODEM
26. Hitchcock title kleptomaniac : MARNIE
28. "B.J. and the Bear" star Greg : EVIGAN - another show I grew up with, and totally believed was real - a truck driver with his co-pilot, a chimpanzee....ah, youth
29. Goliath, for one : GIANT
31. Become extinct : DISAPPEAR
32. Typically : ON AVERAGE
33. London street known for high-end haberdasheries : SAVILE ROW - Map-ish
35. His watch signals Superman : OLSEN
40. Whoppers : LIES
43. Mobile home? : ALABAMA - Mobile, the city
46. Lack of similarity, informally : DIF
48. Holly follower? : FA-LA-LA - Christmas song, Deck the Halls "...with boughs of holly..."
50. "War with the Newts" sci-fi novelist, 1936 : CAPEK
52. Old Dodges with front-wheel drive : OMNIs
53. "Swell!" : NEATO
55. Trim : PARE
56. Key of Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 2 : A MAJ - I had the "A" from Pal and the "J" from Jackson, so I had the key, and it was not minor
58. Romance novelist Elinor : GLYN
61. Circus safeguard : NET
62. Quarantine advisory org. : CDC - Centers for Disease Control - Gov't Agcy
63. Speech balloon cry of dismay : ACK~!! - Bill the Cat, Bloom County
Yes, No, Maybe, Not ~?
Thank you, C.C., for a wonderful way to start the day, and my gratitude for being allowed to help everyone get through a tough Saturday puzzle~!
Splynter
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