Words: 70 (missing X,Z)
I expected a Saturday Silkie, and was not disappointed. Today's
offering was pretty straight forward, at least for me. Not too many
obscurities, and enough 'easy' crossings to take a healthy stab at the
longer fills. Interesting middle stack of a spanner and two offset
14-letter words, and triple 8's and 6's in the corners. For today:
33. Sirius B, for one : WHITE DWARF STAR
- I knew we were looking for a "STAR" here, but on my first pass, I
thought it was a BINARY, um, something-something STAR. I am a huge fan
of "Ancient Aliens", and the show repeatedly mentions how this star
system has something to do with extra-terrestrials
38. Food safety aid : MEAT THERMOMETER
39. They included Chopin's "Prelude in E Minor," in a film title : FIVE EASY PIECES - funny, but now that I know the movie has a character who was once studying piano, the title makes much more sense....
39. They included Chopin's "Prelude in E Minor," in a film title : FIVE EASY PIECES - funny, but now that I know the movie has a character who was once studying piano, the title makes much more sense....
!~DRAWNO
ACROSS:
1. Some legal cases : ATTACHES - DAH~! Right off the bat, I got "43A" thinking this was a court 'case', not a brief 'case'
9. Its results commonly fall between 70 and 130 : I.Q. TEST - I was tested in high school; care to guess what my number was?
15. Take inventory? : SHOPLIFT - "Marriage is a punishment for shoplifting in some countries" - What movie~!?!?!?
16. Shade : NUANCE - ooh, good Saturday clue for this word
17. Nurturing : MOTHERLY
18. Shilling spender : KENYAN - I threw in BRITON, but was pretty sure it was wrong - a Kenyan shilling is worth about .012 US dollars as of yesterday
19. O or A, e.g. : ALer - ARGH~! Got me again~! The Athletics and Orioles of MLB; I went with "TYPE", because they're both blood types; it wasn't until Aphrodite showed up ( alas, only in today's puzzle ) did I give it up
20. Bottom topper : TALC - Ah, yes, a quick pat on the bum with the baby powder
22. Old-school lament : EGADS~!
23. Discharged British soldier : DEMOB - to be demobilized - got it
25. Electronic music genre : TECHNO - I like the electronic genre - odd, coming from a kid who grew up on Iron Maiden. An electronica sample
9. Its results commonly fall between 70 and 130 : I.Q. TEST - I was tested in high school; care to guess what my number was?
15. Take inventory? : SHOPLIFT - "Marriage is a punishment for shoplifting in some countries" - What movie~!?!?!?
16. Shade : NUANCE - ooh, good Saturday clue for this word
17. Nurturing : MOTHERLY
18. Shilling spender : KENYAN - I threw in BRITON, but was pretty sure it was wrong - a Kenyan shilling is worth about .012 US dollars as of yesterday
19. O or A, e.g. : ALer - ARGH~! Got me again~! The Athletics and Orioles of MLB; I went with "TYPE", because they're both blood types; it wasn't until Aphrodite showed up ( alas, only in today's puzzle ) did I give it up
20. Bottom topper : TALC - Ah, yes, a quick pat on the bum with the baby powder
22. Old-school lament : EGADS~!
23. Discharged British soldier : DEMOB - to be demobilized - got it
25. Electronic music genre : TECHNO - I like the electronic genre - odd, coming from a kid who grew up on Iron Maiden. An electronica sample
27. Cologne article : DER
29. Sign of summer : LEO Astrological sign; I've been reading my horoscope a lot lately - it seems to be a day behind, instead of ahead....
30. Roxy Music alum : ENO
29. Sign of summer : LEO Astrological sign; I've been reading my horoscope a lot lately - it seems to be a day behind, instead of ahead....
30. Roxy Music alum : ENO
40. Princeton Review subj. : GRE - Graduate Record Examinations, follwed by -
41. MIT Sloan degree : MBA - Master of Business Administration
42. Wheels : CAR - I'm going to have to wait on new wheels - I am officially "cut" as a driver on Jan 15th, and then all trainee drivers will be brought back s-l-o-w-l-y
43. Took in : MISLED - not the sewing/altered took in, not the "movie" took in
46. Staircase support : NEWEL - Meh - this is more of a stair handrail support, but I'm a nit-picking carpenter
53. Salts : TARS - Slang words for sailor
55. "The Diana Chronicles" author Brown : TINA
56. Fulfills a need : AVAILS
58. They get high on occasion : SOPRANOS - Har-har~!
60. More futile : VAINER
61. Ring : ENCIRCLE - the verb today
62. Makes hot : ANGERS - ah, not ANNOYS
63. 2012, e.g. : LEAP YEAR - partial hybrid solar eclipse tomorrow AM
DOWN:
1. Equally hot : AS MAD - ah, the same kind of "hot" found in 62A
2. Oarlock pin : THOLE - sticking up from the gunwales
3. Tribal emblem : TOTEM - this is what I wanted to fill in, but it was not agreeing with my "TYPE"
4. Venus counterpart : APHRODITE - sheesh~! Check out from whence she was born....
5. Indians' home, on scoreboards : CLEveland - always a little baseball for C.C.~! (BTW, "Major League" was on the other night - still funny, IMO )
6. "Cotton Candy" musician : HIRT - I'll let you link away
7. Key for some clarinets : E FLAT - fill in "FLAT", and wait....
8. Panache : STYLE
9. Newspaper supply : INK
10. Nickname for Leona Helmsley : QUEEN OF MEAN
11. Sierra follower, in the NATO alphabet : TANGO - see below
12. Singer born Eithne Patricia Ní Bhraonáin : ENYA - crossword staple, and pretty much an educated WAG
13. Whole lot : SCAD
14. Place for an adder? : TENS - one who 'adds' uses ones, tens, hundreds, etc., columns to line up for summing
21. Wood shop device : C-CLAMP - great for doing you brake pads, too - which is on my to-do list this weekend
24. Author of the children's book "The Saga of Baby Divine" : BETTE MIDLER
26. Valiant : HEROIC
28. Therapy goals : REHABS - sober house goals, too
30. Major finale? : ETTE - majorETTE
31. Highland rejections : NAEs
32. Bruin great : ORR - Hockey; the NY Rangers are starting to improve; EddyB's Sharks are 10-1
33. Small dam : WEIR
34. Eat : HAVE - ah, not DINE
35. Make potable, as seawater : DESALT
36. Like some humor : WRY - minor change from Dry to Wry
37. Cabinet part : SECRETARY - Government cabinet, that is - I was all in carpentry mode; stile, rail, panel, shelf, etc.
38. Plant activity: Abbr. : ManuFacturinG - industrial plant, that is
43. Bates College locale : MAINE - Oddly, I WAGed ORONO, because of the "O" from ANNOYS; HEY - I was in the right state~!
44. Oil holder : EASEL - ooh, a bit of a stretch, but yes, an oil painting can be supported by an easel
45. Go (on) dully : DRONE
47. Recoil : WINCE
48. Name on a WWII flier : ENOLA - Gay, dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima
49. Surgery tool : LASER
50. Language of software engineers : JAVA
51. Novelist Turgenev : IVAN
52. White House chief of staff after Haldeman : HAIG
54. Humane org. : SPCA
57. Yearbook sect. : SRs - Here's my senior pic, 24yrs ago
4. Venus counterpart : APHRODITE - sheesh~! Check out from whence she was born....
5. Indians' home, on scoreboards : CLEveland - always a little baseball for C.C.~! (BTW, "Major League" was on the other night - still funny, IMO )
6. "Cotton Candy" musician : HIRT - I'll let you link away
7. Key for some clarinets : E FLAT - fill in "FLAT", and wait....
8. Panache : STYLE
9. Newspaper supply : INK
10. Nickname for Leona Helmsley : QUEEN OF MEAN
11. Sierra follower, in the NATO alphabet : TANGO - see below
12. Singer born Eithne Patricia Ní Bhraonáin : ENYA - crossword staple, and pretty much an educated WAG
13. Whole lot : SCAD
14. Place for an adder? : TENS - one who 'adds' uses ones, tens, hundreds, etc., columns to line up for summing
21. Wood shop device : C-CLAMP - great for doing you brake pads, too - which is on my to-do list this weekend
24. Author of the children's book "The Saga of Baby Divine" : BETTE MIDLER
26. Valiant : HEROIC
28. Therapy goals : REHABS - sober house goals, too
30. Major finale? : ETTE - majorETTE
31. Highland rejections : NAEs
32. Bruin great : ORR - Hockey; the NY Rangers are starting to improve; EddyB's Sharks are 10-1
33. Small dam : WEIR
34. Eat : HAVE - ah, not DINE
35. Make potable, as seawater : DESALT
36. Like some humor : WRY - minor change from Dry to Wry
37. Cabinet part : SECRETARY - Government cabinet, that is - I was all in carpentry mode; stile, rail, panel, shelf, etc.
38. Plant activity: Abbr. : ManuFacturinG - industrial plant, that is
43. Bates College locale : MAINE - Oddly, I WAGed ORONO, because of the "O" from ANNOYS; HEY - I was in the right state~!
44. Oil holder : EASEL - ooh, a bit of a stretch, but yes, an oil painting can be supported by an easel
45. Go (on) dully : DRONE
47. Recoil : WINCE
48. Name on a WWII flier : ENOLA - Gay, dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima
49. Surgery tool : LASER
50. Language of software engineers : JAVA
51. Novelist Turgenev : IVAN
52. White House chief of staff after Haldeman : HAIG
54. Humane org. : SPCA
57. Yearbook sect. : SRs - Here's my senior pic, 24yrs ago
59. Criticize : RIP - and yes, you can "RIP" into my photo all you want~!!!
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