Saturday, June 1, 2013

Saturday, Jun 1st, 2013, Barry C. Silk

Theme: Saturday Silkie

Words: 70 (missing Q)

Blocks: 33

   This was one of those deceptive grids with the double 10-letter answers hiding inside of the edges of the puzzle and in the downs through the middle.  I must admit, I had to Google to get a hold in the NW.  Yesterday it was 86° on Long Island - UPS was brutal, as well as doing construction outdoors that afternoon; then staying out late for a BBQ at Mike's made it hard for me to see some of the more obvious answers....oh well.  One from each section:

17. Cesar Millan, e.g. : PET TRAINER - DAH~!!! I had PETT----, and figured it was Petty 'something', and finally caved in to looking this guy up

57. Dunkin' Donuts order : ONION BAGEL - Fridays at UPS they get a platter of bagels for the drivers - so I conveniently punch out in the office and swipe me an everything bagel with cream cheese

10. Desert plant named for a Biblical spy : JOSHUA TREE - Music link #1; a commentary on the album, and I like what Bono has to say at 1:51 - and the song itself

27. Top-10 Lady Gaga hit from "The Fame Monster" album : BAD ROMANCE - Music link #2 - but from her debut album "The Fame"

6. Noble : ARISTOCRAT - which is mirrored by 29D. Dude who totally lurks in the bushes : CREEPAZOID - which to me seems WAY out of Mr. Silk's regular fill

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ACROSS:

1. Org. concerned with neglect : SPCA - Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals - I got this, and always makes me feel good going in

5. Rivera specialty : SAVES - Baseball for C.C. - Mariano, and I will leave it to her for the details

10. Group led by a council of 12 Masters : JEDI - It wasn't until I had the "I" that the V-8 can came sailing across the room....

14. Dart : FLIT - wasn't sure, but I filled it in right away

15. Restrict : CRAMP - and clecho 45A. Restricts : STEMS

16. Team members : OXEN - D'oh~!! I put in an "S" at the end, since, well, it's plural, right~!!?!?

19. Kebab need : SPIT

20. Child care option : DAY NURSERY

21. "Too great a burden to bear": M.L. King Jr. : HATE - Total WAG

22. Spends time at home : BATS - more baseball, but this one didn't fool me

23. Synthetic rubber used in footballs : BUTYL

24. Spoiler of a perfect GPA : ONE B

28. Northwestern winter fruit : BOSC PEAR - I WAGed "SNOW", since I am from the NorthEAST....

31. Foot-related : PODAL

33. Acoustically, it affects treble but not bass : CARPETING

36. Indian clay oven : TANDOOR

38. Officer Poncherello portrayer of '70s-'80s TV : ESTRADA - I grew up with "CHiPs"

39. Programs with previews : SHAREWARE

41. Lay into : SET AT

42. Wade Boggs book subtitled "My Favorite Chicken Recipes" : FOWL TIPS - HAR-HAR~!  It is quite funny, actually - and more baseball - C.C., have you heard this story?

44. Alarm sounds : EEKS

47. Shell with fish, perhaps : TACO - oh, now I get it

49. Mother of Hephaestus : HERA

50. Rhythmic fitness routine : JAZZERCISE

56. 10- or 13-digit ID : ISBN - Not SSN, and not your cell phone #, either

58. TVA product : ELECtricity

59. Had to accept the loss : ATE IT

60. Ticket word : LOGE - dah~!  Not TIER

61. Skate on thin ice : DARE

62. Square figures : NERDS

63. Native to : FROM

DOWN:

1. Its HQ was once destroyed as the result of an earthquake : SFPD - The San Francisco Police Department, in the "great" one of 1906

2. Bargaining focus : PLEA

3. Map listing : CITY

4. Fax abbr. : ATTN

5. Ancient amulet : SCARAB

7. Genus of butterfly that includes the Red Admiral : VANESSA - John Lampkin nailed this one

8. Urgent care abbr. : EMERgency

9. Active : SPRY

11. One likely to vote by absentee ballot : EXPATRIATE

12. Krishna, for one : DEITY

13. Surveillance product, briefly : INTELligence

18. Difficulty : RUB - Shakespeare appears later, too; "Aye, there's the RUB"

23. Sugar sources : BEETS

24. Goes (for) : OPTS

25. Ham kin : NOAH - Son and father

26. 1925 Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist : EDNA FERBER - full name for Saturday

30. Ltr. extender : PPS - post-post script

32. Former MGM parent : LOEWS

34. Flickertail St. : N. DAKota - More here

35. Heaters : GATS - Guns, in slang; funny, but I was thinking "fastball"

37. Wide-faced bird : OWL

40. More chic : RITZIER

43. Essences : SCENTS

45. Backed (away) : SHIED

46. Magnetic induction unit : TESLA

48. "... the inconstant moon ... that monthly changes in her circled __": Juliet : ORB

50. Actress Cusack : JOAN

51. Initial payment : ANTE

52. Baby elephant : CALF

53. Classic name heard in the 1962 hit "Monster Mash" : IGOR - I'll leave music #3 to you~!

54. Utah lily : SEGO

55. I, O or U : ELEMent - Iodine, Oxygen, and Uranium

Splynter

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