Words: 68 (missing J,Q,X,Z)
Blocks: 31
Today's offering actually seemed better than the DNF I had yesterday
(NE corner remained blank). I have to say, I did use red-letter help in
the Mid-West to solve Mr. Wilber's solo effort, but only because of a
foreign word, a nick-name and an acronym I was not familiar with.
Something new in the grid - stair-stacked triple 10's off-center, to go
with two 10-letter climbers and the usual triples in the corners. Some
fill from today:
20A. Herodotus and Thucydides, for two : HISTORIANS - I was thinking they might be Titans or Greek Islands, but it's really these Greek guys
45A. Homemade defense against a mind-control ray : TIN FOIL HAT - nailed it - such a great visual
12. Stephen Colbert bestseller subtitled "(And So Can You!)" : I AM AMERICA - I read it; typical TV fame-to-books money maker
25. Pessimistic J. Geils Band hit with the line "It's gonna make you cry" : LOVE STINKS - Music Link
O w r ~!
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ACROSS:
1. Many a knockout punch : UPPERCUT - always a good feeling to start out with the correct 8-letter answer~!
9. There's a charge for it : OPTION - I have observed that a LOT of new cars do NOT come with turn signal indicators as standard; must be an expensive option - they were standard on my 2000 Dodge Stratus, and I use them all the time~!
15. Navigator's creator : NETSCAPE - ISP; I was trying to stretch Lincoln to fit - Navigator is their SUV
16. Mind the sitter : BEHAVE - The children, that is
17. Signs at a rally : PLACARDS - Eh, OK - I think of placards as the metal HAZ-MAT plates on trucks
18. Showed signs of being : SEEMED
19. These, in Tours : CES
22. Disk-shaped safety device : SMOKE ALARM - the Town inspector came out to look the apartment over Wednesday; must have been psychic, he left his car running in the driveway....He did point out that the building code requires the smoke alarm in the apartment to be hard-wired to the one in the house, so we could know if there was a fire over there - makes good sense to me
24. Baby shower gift : SLEEPER SET - sounds like Sleeper Cell, but I never saw this show
26. Recordholder's suffix : EST - "World's BiggEST ____" - you fill in the blank....
29. Ridge studied in forensics : WHORL - Fingerprints
30. One with "Esq." on the door : ATTorney
31. Liveliness : BRIO
32. Citrus-marinated South American fish dish : CEVICHE - Total unknown, so it got me; popular with 46D~? More here
35. High-level disagreement? : YELLING - high decibels, that is
37. Not kosher : TREF - Learned doing crosswords
38. Styled after : À LA
40. Deep purples : PUCES - sounds so unappealing
41. Faltering sounds : UMs - OK, who started with ERs?
42. "The Winds of War" actress : ALI MacGRAW - 1983; her IMDb
47. Hotly contested area : SWING STATE
49. Riddle of the Sphinx answer : MAN - What goes on four feet in the morning, two in the afternoon, and three at night? - More here
52. Scratch : CANCEL - Makes me think of dictation - "Dear Sir or Madam...scratch that..."To Whom It May Concern..."
53. Fortifications : BASTIONS - I tried RAMPARTS, but had to take it out because it couldn't cross the "MOAT" at 49D
56. Acid neutralizer : ALKALI
57. Like Buckley's columns, say : LITERATE
58. Close again, in a way : RE-SNAP
59. In orbit : ECSTATIC - I was on this wavelength, but ELATED was too short
DOWN:
1. Insensitive, in a way : UN-PC - Not Politically Correct
2. Mononymous kicker : PELÉ - actually, his, er, "triptonym" is Edson Arantes do Nascimento, so I thought you'd like to know more
3. K-12 fund-raisers : PTAs
4. Backup key : ESC - Escape, top left on the keyboard - In AutoCAD, it is THE go-to key for ending any command; drawing a line, making a selection set, typing text. What irks me is when I switch to Photoshop, it does NOTHING at all...
5. Dave Matthews Band label : RCA
6. Meals-on-wheels worker? : CAR-HOP - Har-Har~!
7. "Rabbit Is Rich" Pulitzer winner : UPDIKE - John, and this novel, one of four
8. Mosaic piece : TESSERA - I had heard this before, but I needed perps first; a small tile of glass, stone, etc.; through Latin, from Greek, meaning 'four'
9. Horse-and-buggy : OBSOLETE - I find drivers on cell phones to be really annoying; I wonder if 100 years ago horse-and-buggy types felt the same way about the 'new' automobile....and neither one is going away
10. Examine closely : PEER AT
11. "... __ finest hour": Churchill : THEIR
13. Roast spot : OVEN
14. Beatty and Rorem : NEDS
21. Scrumptious : TASTY
22. Font flourish : SERIF
23. Sporty Spice, familiarly : MEL C - Melanie Chisolm, from the "Spice Girls"
24. Col. Potter on "M*A*S*H," to pals : SHERMan T. Potter
27. Tough tissue : SINEW - animal tissue, that is
28. Garb : TOGS - a WAG that stayed
29. Pro-prohibition org. : WCTU - Women's Christian Temperance Union - never heard of it, but then again, I was anti-prohibition for 15yrs (LOL)
31. Spill, with "out" : BLURT
33. Petticoat alternative : HALF-SLIP
34. "Four Quartets" poet : ELIOT
36. Annika Sorenstam's gp. : LPGA - Ladies Professional Golf Association
39. Good-natured : AMIABLE
42. German chancellor Merkel : ANGELA
43. Language family including Turkish : ALTAIC - Turkic, Mongolian, and Tungusic, sez the dictionary
44. Drawer holders : CHESTS - The furniture, not this chest, ladies
46. Old Peruvian : INCAN
47. Trauma consequence : SCAR
48. Corduroy rib : WALE
49. Zoo trench : MOAT - Dinosaur Parks, too~!
50. Debate side : ANTI
51. One of 60 billion in a min. : NSEC - Nanosecond
54. Three-day festival : TET
55. SS supplement : IRA - Social Security, and Individual Retirement Account - changing it up from Monday level cluing
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9. There's a charge for it : OPTION - I have observed that a LOT of new cars do NOT come with turn signal indicators as standard; must be an expensive option - they were standard on my 2000 Dodge Stratus, and I use them all the time~!
15. Navigator's creator : NETSCAPE - ISP; I was trying to stretch Lincoln to fit - Navigator is their SUV
16. Mind the sitter : BEHAVE - The children, that is
17. Signs at a rally : PLACARDS - Eh, OK - I think of placards as the metal HAZ-MAT plates on trucks
18. Showed signs of being : SEEMED
19. These, in Tours : CES
22. Disk-shaped safety device : SMOKE ALARM - the Town inspector came out to look the apartment over Wednesday; must have been psychic, he left his car running in the driveway....He did point out that the building code requires the smoke alarm in the apartment to be hard-wired to the one in the house, so we could know if there was a fire over there - makes good sense to me
24. Baby shower gift : SLEEPER SET - sounds like Sleeper Cell, but I never saw this show
26. Recordholder's suffix : EST - "World's BiggEST ____" - you fill in the blank....
29. Ridge studied in forensics : WHORL - Fingerprints
30. One with "Esq." on the door : ATTorney
31. Liveliness : BRIO
32. Citrus-marinated South American fish dish : CEVICHE - Total unknown, so it got me; popular with 46D~? More here
35. High-level disagreement? : YELLING - high decibels, that is
37. Not kosher : TREF - Learned doing crosswords
38. Styled after : À LA
40. Deep purples : PUCES - sounds so unappealing
41. Faltering sounds : UMs - OK, who started with ERs?
42. "The Winds of War" actress : ALI MacGRAW - 1983; her IMDb
47. Hotly contested area : SWING STATE
49. Riddle of the Sphinx answer : MAN - What goes on four feet in the morning, two in the afternoon, and three at night? - More here
52. Scratch : CANCEL - Makes me think of dictation - "Dear Sir or Madam...scratch that..."To Whom It May Concern..."
53. Fortifications : BASTIONS - I tried RAMPARTS, but had to take it out because it couldn't cross the "MOAT" at 49D
56. Acid neutralizer : ALKALI
57. Like Buckley's columns, say : LITERATE
58. Close again, in a way : RE-SNAP
59. In orbit : ECSTATIC - I was on this wavelength, but ELATED was too short
DOWN:
1. Insensitive, in a way : UN-PC - Not Politically Correct
2. Mononymous kicker : PELÉ - actually, his, er, "triptonym" is Edson Arantes do Nascimento, so I thought you'd like to know more
3. K-12 fund-raisers : PTAs
4. Backup key : ESC - Escape, top left on the keyboard - In AutoCAD, it is THE go-to key for ending any command; drawing a line, making a selection set, typing text. What irks me is when I switch to Photoshop, it does NOTHING at all...
5. Dave Matthews Band label : RCA
6. Meals-on-wheels worker? : CAR-HOP - Har-Har~!
7. "Rabbit Is Rich" Pulitzer winner : UPDIKE - John, and this novel, one of four
8. Mosaic piece : TESSERA - I had heard this before, but I needed perps first; a small tile of glass, stone, etc.; through Latin, from Greek, meaning 'four'
9. Horse-and-buggy : OBSOLETE - I find drivers on cell phones to be really annoying; I wonder if 100 years ago horse-and-buggy types felt the same way about the 'new' automobile....and neither one is going away
10. Examine closely : PEER AT
11. "... __ finest hour": Churchill : THEIR
13. Roast spot : OVEN
14. Beatty and Rorem : NEDS
21. Scrumptious : TASTY
22. Font flourish : SERIF
23. Sporty Spice, familiarly : MEL C - Melanie Chisolm, from the "Spice Girls"
24. Col. Potter on "M*A*S*H," to pals : SHERMan T. Potter
27. Tough tissue : SINEW - animal tissue, that is
28. Garb : TOGS - a WAG that stayed
29. Pro-prohibition org. : WCTU - Women's Christian Temperance Union - never heard of it, but then again, I was anti-prohibition for 15yrs (LOL)
31. Spill, with "out" : BLURT
33. Petticoat alternative : HALF-SLIP
34. "Four Quartets" poet : ELIOT
36. Annika Sorenstam's gp. : LPGA - Ladies Professional Golf Association
39. Good-natured : AMIABLE
42. German chancellor Merkel : ANGELA
43. Language family including Turkish : ALTAIC - Turkic, Mongolian, and Tungusic, sez the dictionary
44. Drawer holders : CHESTS - The furniture, not this chest, ladies
46. Old Peruvian : INCAN
47. Trauma consequence : SCAR
48. Corduroy rib : WALE
49. Zoo trench : MOAT - Dinosaur Parks, too~!
50. Debate side : ANTI
51. One of 60 billion in a min. : NSEC - Nanosecond
54. Three-day festival : TET
55. SS supplement : IRA - Social Security, and Individual Retirement Account - changing it up from Monday level cluing
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