Saturday, October 13, 2012

Saturday, Oct 13th, 2012, Brad Wilber and Doug Peterson

Theme: None

Words: 70

Blocks: 28

 Today's puzzle was co-solved with my buddy Mike; we 'chilled' at the fire in the backyard, then came in for the challenge.  Triple stacks of 10- and 11-letters in a classic pinwheel, with some notables;

17A. Hard-hit line drive, in baseball lingo : FROZEN ROPE - perhaps fielded by 35D - anything to add, C.C.?


13D. Sailboat configuration named for its resemblance to a radio antenna : MARCONI RIG - well, I went looking for a picture, and this is the best I could do


57A. Four-time LPGA Tour Player of the Year : NANCY LOPEZ - thanks, Mike; he's going golfing today, I have to work on the ramp again


26D. Makeup kit item : FACE SPONGE - AARGH~!!!  We stared at this one too long; brush, lotion, scrub, cream....all too short


I am working on my 24th hour, so forgive me for being a bit messy and off the mark


Onward~!


ACROSS:


1. It's mounted at the X Games : SKATEBOARD - I just waited on this one; too late, or too early to be getting DF
 

11. Escutcheon depiction : ARMS - I  am in carpentry mode; so this is not the escutcheon I was thinking of
 

15. One studying lines : PALM READER
 

16. Election prize : SEAT

18. Creature-feature prefix : WERE - Where wolf?  There~! There wolf ~!!
 

19. Pigeon : SAP
 

20. These, to Thierry : CES - French
 

21. From what source : WHENCE
 

23. Giant star in three decades : OTT - crossword staple
 

24. Bake in milk, as potatoes : ESCALLOP - HEY~! Not "E-tail", E-zine", "E...."
 

26. River phenomenon : FALLS - Good one, Mike; wasn't thinking of falls as a part of a river, but then again, where else would it occur?
29. Egregious : APPALLING
 

30. Prosaic, as prose : ARID
 

31. Legree-like looks : SNEERS
 

32. Title for Doyle : SIR
 

33. Pallet units: Abbr. : CTNs - I see about 1000 every morning, and they ain't on a pallet
 

34. Mr. Rochester's ward : ADELE - and a clecho at  56A. Instructor of 34-Across : EYRE - from the book Jane Eyre 

35. Handle for a razor : ATRA
 

36. Terrestrial wiggler : EFT
 

37. With some suspicions : WARILY
 

38. Eagles coach Andy : REID - Mike is from Philly, so a no-brainer for him
 

39. Disney's Maleficent, e.g. : SORCERESS - because PRINCESS didn't fit
 

41. Get stuck (in) : LODGE
 

42. Bar : PROHIBIT
 

43. "Stella by Starlight" lyricist Washington : NED
 

44. Red Cloud, notably : OGLALA - well,  Iknew we were looking for an American Indian, but I have never heard of this Sioux Nation sub-band
 

45. They're "easy to get but hard to keep": Mae West : MEN
 

46. NYSE watchdog : SEC - the Securities and Exchange Commission
 

49. Dick Van Patten's "Mama" role : NELS - before my time; got it thru perps
 

50. Extinct cat : SABER-TOOTH
 

54. Tests for prospective Ph.D. students : GREs - learning moment for me - the Wiki
 

55. Excessive : INORDINATE


DOWN:






1. Protection nos. : SPFs - From the sun, that is; Mike and I have the same skin and it comes in two colors; transparent, and red

2. Former "Idol" panelist DioGuardi : KARA

3. Cockeyed : ALOP - "A" well....

4. Tabloid TV debut of 2007 : TMZ - not E-TV

5. Puts up : ERECTS - I am almost done erecting the ramp at the church

6. Either of two brothers with a Pulitzer Prize in poetry : BENET

7. Dory movers : OARS - "great, more boats..." - what movie?  huh, huh?

8. Kerfuffle : ADO

9. Exercise unit : REP

10. "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" moderator : DREW CAREY

11. To boot : AS WELL

12. Said yes to another tour : REENLISTED

14. Road sign often including a percent symbol : STEEP GRADE

 

22. Dutch Golden Age painter : HALS

23. Silhouette maker : OLDS

24. Olympian with a mask : EPEEIST - not enough to see 'epee' in crosswords, now we have the epee - ist

25. Breaks down, in a way : SPELLS - ah, I had SPOILS at first, but we're talking words, not food here

27. Bad pictures? : ART FORGERY - tried ART FILM --- at first

28. Valuable aid for a cat owner : LINT ROLLER

29. "War and Peace" prince : ANDREI

31. Coal-rich area at stake in the Treaty of Versailles : SAAR BASIN

35. Yanks' #13 : A-ROD

37. "The Need for Roots" author Simone : WEIL

40. Gliding dance step : CHASSE - More French(?), more Wiki

41. Soup bean : LENTIL

43. Uncool : NERDY

45. Soldier of fortune, briefly : MERCenary

46. __ dish : SOAP

47. Lay back? : ETTE - LAY-ette

48. Stylish eatery word : CHEZ

51. 2008 French Open winner Ivanovic : ANA

52. Nice approval : BON

53. Tokyo-born artist : ONO

Splynter

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