Saturday, December 1, 2012

Saturday, Dec 1st, 2012, Barry C. Silk

Theme: Saturday Silkie

Words: 70

Blocks: 31

White rabbit X3, and we begin December with a Saturday Silkie~!  A non-threatening grid from our constructor, with NO triple-stacks and two 14-letter climbers:

5. Lake Michigan feeder : KALAMAZOO RIVER - BIG map

16. Range exercise : TARGET PRACTICE - Makes me think of this song, only because it's in the middle @ 2:56

Lots of 3-letter words today "*", with just a couple of abbreviations.

Onward~!

ACROSS:

1. Hints at, with "of" : SMACKS - "Well, that just SMACKS OF sarcasm...."

7*. Hikes : UPS - Aww, couldn't we get a seasonal shout-out to the boys in brown???

(taken at "lunch", then at departure time)

10. A little later : ANON - yeah, uh that driver will be returning "anon"....

14. Bar subject : TAX LAW

15. Writer's framework : PLOT LINE

17. Cartoon bird on a cap : ORIOLE - nailed it - it's the reason why I liked the team from Baltimore in the first place, back when I was a 'young'n'


18. Apparent displacement due to observer movement : PARALLAX - and the Parallax Second, or PARSEC....warning~! Science Content

19. Actress Massey : ILONA - this lady

20. Gain, for one : DETERGENT - You know, I was on this wavelength, and said to myself "hey, that's laundry soap, but it won't fit"

21. Brie alternative : CAMEMBERT - looks the same, but here's more

23*. Word on U.S. coins : GOD - I went through all my Latin; E. Pluribus Unum,  Annuit Coeptis,  Novus Ordo Seclorum,  and then realized that every coin says "In GOD We Trust" - and I say it every time I pick up an abandoned penny

24. Loosely worn garb : SARIs - Indian Garb.  I tried SHIFT

25. Red Cross headquarters : GENEVA

28*. Bars on market shelves : UPC - Universal Product Code

31. Go the other way : ZAG - So if you go the first way, you ZIG~?

32. Femur neighbor : PATELLA - Ah, the knee bone; and also; 48D. Knock-__ : KNEED

 
33*. __-jongg : MAH

34. Dominate, in sports lingo : OWN - Last year, the NY Rangers (see also 45A.) OWNED the Philadelphia Flyers, taking all 6 games plus the Winter Classic; curse the NHL and its Players Association

35*. Impudence : LIP - because SASS didn't fit

36*. Mariner : TAR

37. Places where cell phones are prohibited? : PRISONS - HAR-HAR~!  'Cell' phones, get it?

39. "As __ beneath a waning moon was haunted": Coleridge : EER - here's the poem, and it's not The Rime of the Ancient 36A.

40*. Block back? : ADE - BlockADE

41. Halting one? : SENTRY - "Halt~!  Who goes there?"

42. Volga region language : TATAR

44*. Graynor who played Olivia's sister on "Fringe" : ARI - this lady; you think Mr. Silk likes blondes?

45. Hit on ice : BODY CHECK - for Eddy B

49. Designed to prevent intrusion, in a way : ANTI-VIRUS - Intrusion on your computer, that is

52. Native of Odessa or Paris : TEXAN - I like these deceptive clues

53. Do recon on : SCOPE OUT - Surveil didn't fit (the back formation of Surveillance)

54. Supermodel Bündchen : GISELE - Tom Brady's lady, right?

55. Statement-making accessory : POWER TIE

56. Two-direction section : S-CURVE

57. Hyphenated IDs : SSNs - The ol' Social Security Number, bottom and east friendly

58*. Also : AND - not TOO

59. Like Consumer Reports merchandise : TESTED
   
DOWN:

1. Hard to move : STOIC - in opinions, that is

2. Sokoloff of "The Practice" : MARLA - nope, not just blondes

3. Universal principle : AXIOM

4. Imitates : CLONES - a carry-over from yesterday

6*. Öland Isl. site : SWEden - Map

7. Shoe parts : UPPERS

8. Oliver of "Frost/Nixon" : PLATT

9. Vexed : SORE

10. Used up : ALL GONE

11. Alexandria setting : NILE DELTA

12. __ equal basis : ON AN

13. First in line : NEXT

20. Stoops : DEIGNS

22. Ripped, so to speak : BRAWNY

25. Merriment : GAIETY

26. 2004 A.L. MVP Guerrero, familiarly : VLAD - C.C., do you have his card~?

27. Rhein tributary : AARE

28. They closely monitor slides : UMPS - More baseball for our host; bet she nailed this one, as well

29. Shave : PARE

30. Where lion dances may be seen : CHINATOWN

32. Addresses the court : PLEADS

38. Rank indicators : STRIPES

42. Hyped : TOUTED

43. Animal for whom a blood factor is named : RHESUS - The "+" or "-" in your type: I am B+; I like to say "Be Positive~!!!"

45. Oud __: Belgian beer : BRUIN

46. Wield : EXERT

47. Have a cow : CALVE

49. Egyptian symbols of royalty : ASPs - Not ANKH, which fit, but....

50. They're often seen on base: Abbr. : NCOs - Non-Commissioned Officers

51. Speck : IOTA

54*. Setting at 0 degrees long. : GST - Greenwich Standard Time; I am at the 73.1000W longitude; where are you~???

Splynter

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