Words: 72
Blocks: 30
Well, this is my first chance to blog a Gail Grabowski grid, and I was challenged, but not frustrated today. I checked, and Ms. G's last LAT Saturday was way back on 8-8-09.
One spanner, possibly the seed entry;
36A. One who makes you sweat : PERSONAL TRAINER - go on, get DF ~!
with a very symmetrical arrangement of unique crossword answers surrounding it;
30A. Sources of legumes? : PEASHOOTERS
39A. Gotten out of control : GONE HAYWIRE
6D. Designation on a driver's license, perhaps : ORGAN DONOR - not me
29D. Some messengers : ERRAND BOYS
- and my personal favorite clue/answer for the day -
20. Stock holder : CATTLE CAR - so misled by the idea of an investor - Image #1, #2, #3
And so, ONward ~!!
ACROSS:
1. Gift giver's request, perhaps : PUT IT ON
8. Pop choices : RC COLAS - Formerly NEHI - I did not know this, it's in the opening sequence
15. Hematite or limonite : IRON ORE
16. Roadside come-on : EAT HERE - Billboard did not fit
17. Italian town where Napoleon defeated the Austrians : MARENGO - map; there seems to be a bigger story regarding his horse
18. Rubber of myth : ALADDIN - I had ALI BABA - didn't he "rub" a magic lamp, too~!?
19. Loss of the ability to read : ALEXIA - pretty name for a girl, no ~!?
20. Mil. rank : CPL - corporal
21. Puckered, say : AGED - meh, just OK with this clue/ans
22. Party lines? : CONGAS - a dance in a line, so I am not sure the "?" is needed, for a Saturday
24. Code subject : DRESS - Dress Code
25. Fit : ABLE
28. 2000 Gere title role : Dr. T - never heard of it; this movie; sounds like a total "chick flick"
29. It's quite a stretch : EON - Fresh for our CW staple
33. Where a mask may be worn : SPA - thought I was clever with "BED"
38. Reg. : STandarD
40. Couples can break it : PAR - Fred Couples, golfer
41. Preserve, in a way : CAN - not ICE; sorry, Tin, that's foul play
42. Work : OPUS
43. Menu fowl : CAPON - Yikes ~!! I did not know THIS
46. Martin who won an Oscar for his 1994 Lugosi portrayal : LANDAU
48. They never get off the ground : EMUs - another fresh clue for a CW staple
49. Show : AIR
50. Like some cat collars : BELLED - can be hysterical; just go to YouTube; also considered to be an Aesop fable
54. "You're better off not knowing" : DON'T ASK
56. Sites of some clashes : BORDERS - Wars would have been better in the clue
57. Performer : ARTISTE
58. Tricking, in a way : LYING TO
59. Uses as a basis : RESTS ON
60. Dangerous fliers : TSE-TSEs
DOWN:
1. Bedsheet material : PIMA - Had Silk, thought it might be a subtle shout-out to our usual Saturday guy, Barry C. said guess
2. Magnitogorsk's river : URAL - Sounds Russian? River? Four letters?
3. Flew : TORE
4. More than, with "of" : IN EXCESS - not this INXS
5. "Pagliacci" clown : TONIO - I like this story
7. Start of colonialism? : NEO - not sure about this; I had "CEE", the letter 'c' at the front, which requires the "?"; otherwise, I don't see the point of "?"
8. Gets from the field : REAPS
9. One may be close : CALL
10. Letters in the Loop : CTA - Chicago Transit Authority, the "Loop" being the EL-evated train there
11. "Shoot!" : OH DARN
12. Shelf : LEDGE
13. One of the fire signs : ARIES
14. Ships : SENDS - You Pea ESS = UPS~!!!
23. [I've heard that one too often] : GROAN - Punny
24. "If I __ so myself ..." : DO SAY
25. BlackBerry buys : APPs
26. It might be pickled : BEET
27. Pig product : LARD
31. Two-time Masters champ : HOGAN - another golf reference, Ben Hogan
32. Peck of TV's "10 Things I Hate About You" : ETHAN
33. Small cut : SNIP
34. Arequipa's land : PERU
35. Combative deity : ARES - Aries and Ares
37. "Might want to rethink that" : I WOULDN'T
40. It's usually a little sticky : POST-IT - those little yellow squares on the fridge
43. Shingle material : CEDAR - siding and roofing
44. Strong emozione : AMORE - that's Italian for emotion, right?
45. Equivocates : PUNTS - huh? [ah - from Dictionary.com; "if they ask for sales figures, you'll have to punt" - I guess....]
46. Compare : LIKEN
47. High home : AERIE - Aries, Ares, and Aeries
49. In the matter of : AS TO
51. Staying power : LEGS - now, you know me, I prefer these legs
52. "Symphony in Black" artist : ERTE
53. Brit. decorations : DSOs - Distinguished Service "Ordres" - more HERE
55. Long-eared critter : ASS
56. Deli order : B.L.T. - Bacon, Lettuce, Tomato
Splynter
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