Words: 70 (missing J,X,Z)
Blocks: 32
Well I feel better about my Saturday solving for the first time in a
few weeks. I got through this one with a handful of W.A.G.s and a
little crossword ingenuity. The last puzzle I had from Mr. DiPietro was
Aug 2012, and my grid was accidentally blacked out in two squares. I
thought we had 'orphaned' letters in that one. I think this one is
OK~! 9/5 triples on the across, and 8/6 triples on the downs. Some
French, and some long fill:
11D. Counter order : HOLD THE MAYO - Did anyone else think of this clip?
23D. Inclined to believe : OF THE NOTION - I had a hard time parsing this one; AFTER NOTION? AFOREMENTIONED? oh, duh
33A. High-scoring ball games : SLUG-FESTS
- C.C., do you prefer a high scoring baseball game? I like a good 6-3
hockey game myself - not good for goalie averages, and I'm not
particularly fond of high scoring games when I play
37A. Like most light bulbs : SCREWED IN - one would be, too, "in" the MOTEL ROOM, when you're IN THE MOOD
Um, ONward~!
ACROSS:
1. Brought to ruin : SABOTAGED
10. "Appointment in Samarra" novelist : O'HARA - Wiki
15. "Is this being broadcast?" : "ARE WE LIVE?" - "Is this thing on?"
16. Baking apples : ROMES
17. Succeeded, in a way : MADE MONEY - by this definition, I have not succeeded, yet
18. Hands it to the performer? : CLAPS
19. Award estab. by King George V : OBE - Order of the British Empire
20. Jeu de mots : PUN - Frawnch
21. Water wheel component : PADDLE
22. Subterranean storage units, perhaps : SILOS - I tried CAVES first
24. "It's __ turn" : YOUR
27. Toot : TEAR - hmmm....humor, or alcoholic benders?
28. "Keep dreaming" : "AS IF~!"
29. Kin of -ian : ITE - I read this as KIND first; kind of -ian? Like Flemming?
30. Quest : HUNT
31. Sports figures : STATS - I had STARS, and it was 80% right
35. Trysting place : HOTEL ROOM - my Motel Room gave my 23D. "notion" fits
40. Brewer Frederick : PABST
44. Ending with tele- : THON - teleTHON
45. Slammer : PEN
46. Car registration datum : YEAR
47. Dallas quarterback after Bledsoe : ROMO - D-otto, are you a Cowboys fan, or a Titans (nee Oilers) fan?
48. Spitting nails, so to speak : IRED
50. "__ chance!" : BONNE - I had TAKE A---, at first; this made no sense to me; Frawnch phrase, here
51. Stumped : ORATED - Not the kind of stumped I usually get on a Saturday
53. Scent word : EAU - like De Toilette, a weak Frawnch perfume; "aromatic water"
55. Org. with many schedules : IRS
56. "Born Yesterday" playwright : KANIN - the Wiki
57. Contests with no ultimate winner, hopefully : ARMS RACES - Like "War Games", one learns 'futility' in a race where world wide casualties result in what is essentially a Pyrrhic victory
60. Spitzer who succeeded Pataki as New York governor : ELIOT - Tsk, tsk, got caught in the HOTEL ROOM, didn't he?
61. Mac-based multimedia player : QUICKTIME - Meh, I am PC
62. __ list : DEAN'S
63. Up for it : IN THE MOOD - "I'm in the mood for love, simply because we've got one~!" - what movie, HUH?
DOWN:
1. Filled Asian appetizers : SAMOSAS
2. Foreign Service Officer to the Middle East, say : ARABIST
3. Fictional Amelia who turns 50 in 2013 : BEDELIA - heard OF her; the Wiki
4. Be light : OWE - yeah, I'm short this week; can I get you next Saturday?
5. Fills in : TEMPS
6. Bonds manager after Baker : ALOU - Felipe Alou (crossword staple) who managed Barry Bonds of the SF Giants; more baseball - I was thinking who ran the division of government bonds at first
7. Weasley with a crush on Harry Potter : GINNY - Ron's little sister, who was attacked by 'he who must not be named" in Chamber of Secrets; I will not spoil what happens to her in the last book....I like red-heads~!
8. Big night : EVE
9. Actress Susan : DEY
10. Seal threat : ORCA - ain't Bin Laden....
12. Play about rival composers : AMADEUS
13. Tuck into a new bed : REPLANT - AH~! THAT kind of bed~!
14. Sets forth : ASSERTS
21. Topping whose name means "please" : PREGO
25. Engine hose : OIL LINE - had to go "shopping" to figure this one out
26. Reversal of policy : U-TURN
32. Promulgate : SOW
33. Haggadah-reading ritual : SEDER - Timely clue/answer - What's your plans, Lemonade?
34. Metrosexual : FOP - a man devoted to or vain about his appearance; I believe there was some discussion about male manicures not too long ago....
36. Hardly enthusiastic : TEPID
37. Buttered up : STROKED
38. Luther's "A Mighty Fortress," e.g. : CHORALE - I'll skip the musical link for this interesting bit
39. Cluj is its second-most populous city : ROMANIA - Cluj-Napoca, actually - map
41. Del Toro of "Che" : BENICIO - I liked him in "The Usual Suspects" - IMDb
42. Riviera city with an annual music festival : SAN REMO
43. Plaited : TRESSED
49. Step down : DEMIT - new word for me - straight up, it means to resign
50. "Designing Women" actress : BURKE - Delta
52. Strep throat-treating docs : ENTS - again this week - no elves this time
54. Moe who founded Folkways Records : ASCH - again this week
57. EPA measure of concern to asthma sufferers : AQI - Air Quality Index
58. Head up : RUN
59. Source of rectangular lettuce? : ATM - we're always looking for a new way to clue this standard; lettuce being slang for money
Splynter
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