Saturday, Aug29th, 2015, Don Gagliardo

Theme: Science~!

Words 70 (missing J,Q,X,Z)

Blocks: 26

Boy was I excited to see a DonG Saturday puzzle.  The chunky corners look made me think it was going to be a tough one, but ultimately, it was do-able.  We have a boat-load of proper names, and a few "Meh" clues/answers, so my expectation caused a bit of a let down.  Oh well.  Mini-theme of corner crossings related to science fact & fiction, and a central crossing;

 

21d. "The Dragons of Eden" Pulitzer winner : CARL SAGAN - I have not read the book

37a. What we're made of, per 21-Down : STAR STUFF - I like shows on Astronomy and Cosmology; I understood that when massive stars start creating iron in their cores, the beginning of the end occurs - they go supernova, spewing all the elements out into space

16. With 12-Down, 1995 Hugo Award winner for Best Related Work : I. ASIMOV

12. See 16-Across : A MEMOIR

60. Discoverer of Jupiter's four largest moons : GALILEO

48. Shower component : METEOR - not symmetrical, but just to balance the corners

ONWARD to a Star Trek: TNG universe~!

ACROSS:

1. Probably will : IS APT TO

8. Come before : PREDATE - not PRECEDE

15. Like many a protest : ANTI-WAR

17. Going on, slangily : COOKING

18. Stand for things : ETAGERE - literally, a physical stand, for knick-knacks

19*. "The Road to Wealth" author : ORMAN

20. Opening segment : ACT I - we had this answer last week

22. Deity skilled at archery : AMOR - oops, not EROS

23. It has rail service to ORD and MDW : CTA - Chicago Transit Authority; ORD being the airport code of O'Hare, and MDW for Midway

24. Hawaii's __ Coast : KONA

26. Zippo : NOT ONE

28. Amsterdam features : CANALS - not LEVEES

30. Meat-based sauce : RAGU

32. Shades-wearing TV cousin : ITT - duh-duh-duh dum~!  The Addams Family

33. Score update phrase : AT THE HALF - but not in hockey

35. Deck used for readings : TAROT - a deck of cards

39. Place for an ice bed : IGLOO - O, ice E

42. Idylls : PASTORALS - again, we had this last week, but it was pastoralEs

46. Egg __ yung : FOO

47. Salon, for one : eMAG - eh, don't see an abbr. in the clue

49. Like some transfers : IRON-ON

50. Threatening to steal, perhaps : ON BASE - baseball for C.C.; DonG would never live it down had he forgotten

52*. Heroine in Auel's "Earth's Children" books : AYLA - crossing YAP AT irritated me

54. Cpl., for one : NCO

55. Cause some nose-holding : REEK - not ODOR

56*. Brown of publishing : TINA

58. Clip : SHEAR

62. Lab tube : PIPETTE

64. View : OPINION

65. Flighty sort? : AVIATOR

66. Some film clips : TEASERS

67. Submits : TENDERS - as in one's resignation

DOWN:       

1*. 1970s Ford president : IACOCCA - of course, he went on to save Chrysler

2. Show contempt for : SNORT AT

3*. Ferocious Flea foe : ATOM ANT

4. Tailless rabbit relative : PIKA

5. Sparkly Skechers style for girls : TWINKLE TOES

6. Salon acquisition : TAN - went with DYE first

7. Reed site : ORGAN - not SWAMP; the other kind of reed

8*. Neoplasticism artist Mondrian : PIET - never heard of this, so I had to do a search - turns out, I consider my style to be of the neoplastic type.  

9. Assessment : RATING

10. Spanish pronoun : ESA - hey - guess what~? no Frawnche (OK, etagere)

11. Make cutting remarks about : DIG AT - lots of two-word answers today, too

13. Hockey Hall of Fame city : TORONTO - we are oh so close to the new season

14*. Former surgeon general C. __ Koop : EVERETT

25. DOL division : OSHA - Dept. of Labor, and the Occupational Safety and Health Admin.

27. Cruising : OUT FOR A SPIN

29. "Yes, of course" : AH, SO

31. Classified times : AFTs - I did not get this at first; I had AGES.  Now I understand it's AFTernoons, in classified ads

34. Plucked instrument, to Vivaldi : ARPA - Harp

36. Picked style : AFRO

38. Gas co., e.g. : UTILity

39. Excuse for lateness : I FORGOT - eh.  what, you forgot what time to come in~?

40. Lost it : GONE APE

41. Popular hanging-basket flower : LOBELIA

43*. One of the original Mouseketeers : ANNETTE

44. Google map, say : LOCATOR

45. Not always the best roommates : SNORERS

51*. Pulitzer playwright Zoë : AKINS

53. Pester, puppy-style : YAP AT - NIP AT, LAP AT....even after an alphabet run, I did not see this. 

57. Cyclotron bits : IONS

59. Lead : HEAD - non-rhyming

61. Be supine : LIE - here's my contribution to "the stars"

63. "__ seen the light!" : I'VE

Splynter

Saturday, Aug 22nd, 2015, Bary C. Silk

Theme: Saturday Silkie~!

Words: 70 (missing F,J,Q)

Blocks: 30

  A pleasant challenge from Mr. Silk this week - in fact, I was not expecting a Silkie, but there it was~!  A smooth blend of phrases, common and not so common, with a smattering of proper names and a touch of the obscure to make it just a little tougher than last week's puzzle - speaking of "Z"s, we have 7 in today's grid, and three "X"s, as well.  Triple 9- and 10-letter corners, with a pair of nine's in the middle;

20a. Positive : ABOVE ZERO - ah, like temperatures, not emotions

51a. Mythological boundary : RIVER STYX

 Wiki Mythology

ACROSS:

1. "60 Minutes" symbol : STOPWATCH - well, I knew it was a something "watch", but I thought it was more of a pocket one than this type; can you tell I don't 'watch' the show~?

10. "Private Practice" star Kate : WALSH - I recognize her from a Law & Order episode, but that's all

15. "Whatever!" : "LIKE I CARE"

16. Its southeasternmost county is Bear Lake : IDAHO - tried MAINE first

Idaho Counties

17. For the time being : AD INTERIM - Literal Latin "in the time between"

18. Centrifuge component : ROTOR

19. Effectiveness : TEETH - mostly perps, but a clever clue/ answer

22. Purpose : AIM

24. Castle and others : IRENEs - tried DRAMAS, because I like the show "Castle"

25. "Live Well" retail chain : GNC - General Nutrition Centers

28. Steering system parts : TIE RODS - I have been through several tie rods during the 273,500 miles of driving my Dodge Stratus; in fact, the front wheel came off two Sundays ago; had my friend Ed help me put it back on.  Sheared the lug bolts. 

32. Special treatment : TLC - I try to give my car all the Tender Loving Care I can; has to last me about 4 more months

33. Parent : REAR - the verb.  Lost my dad two years ago, BarryG.  My condolences.  Today is one year since the passing of a waitress who worked at A Lure; she was 20.  Must be tough on her parents; her younger sister works at aMano. 

35. Smooth coat : GLAZE

36. Current: Pref. : RHEO - as in Rheostat - literally, a device for setting the flow of current - e.g. the volume knob on a stereo or guitar - the Wiki

37. When Tony sings "Maria" : ACT I

38. Muppet rat named for a movie character : RIZZO - dah~!  I put in RATzo, which can't be right with "RAT" in the clue; oh well.

39. With 2-Down, twice-monthly phenomenon : NEAP and 2d. See 39-Across : TIDE- nailed it, even getting the words in the right positions

40. It investigates RR accidents : NTSB - National Transportation Safety Board

41. __ Era: old name for Earth's pre-life period : AZOIC - well, I had the --OIC part, but crossing ELIZA, I pretty much had to WAG

42. Goalie's goal : SAVE - how true this is~!  I played a stellar game for 52mins last week, only to have my defense flag in the heat and humidity, and we ended up losing.  I love making the "glove save"

43. Who __ Nation: New Orleans Saints fans : DAT

44. Eye : STARE AT

46. French possessive : TES - aww, Frawnche

47. It became the TV Guide Channel in 1999 : PREVUE

49. Big mouth : MAW

55. Like some French vowels : NASAL - aww, more Frawnche

59. Sluggish : INERT - eh.  At least you're moving when you're sluggish.  Inert to me means hungover & bedridden

60. Underlying layers : SUBSTRATA

62. Where Rudolf of Ruritania was imprisoned : ZENDA - perps & WAG; more here

63. Get around bigtime : GLOBETROT - I would like to do this

64. Lake Placid's county : ESSEX

65. Large, to some Southwesterners : TEXAS SIZE

DOWN:

1. Blind piece : SLAT - as in Venetian blinds

3. Dust Bowl victim : OKIE

4. Gram lead-in : PENTA - pentagram; these guys worked the "Satanic" heavy metal image

5. Hip : WITH IT - or is it "WIT HIT"~?

6. Whiz : ACE

7. Johnny's partner in the 2014 Olympic figure skating telecasts : TARA - WAG; Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski - hello, Legs~!

8. Nursery item : CRIB - oops, went with the other kind of nursery, and tried TREE

9. Circulation prefix : HEMO - blood circulation; semi-clecho with;

10. Circuit creators : WIRERS - those who wire

11. Napping : ADOZE - a 'meh' "A" word

12. Thermodynamics topic : LATENT HEAT

13. Liberty : SHORE LEAVE

14. Charts featuring houses : HOROSCOPES - I had a feeling HOME SCAPES was not right

21. Picture taker : VIDEOCAM - moving pictures, that is

23. Moves periodically : MIGRATES

25. Winner's reward : GRAND PRIZE

26. Peach mutations : NECTARINES

27. "Moonshadow" singer : CAT STEVENS

29. Broadway role for Julie : ELIZA - ah. Julie Andrews as Eliza Doolittle

30. Cutting device : RAZOR

31. Former White Sox manager Guillén : OZZIE - Baseball for C.C.

34. Needle : RIB

36. ER workers : RNs

44. Unpopular Vietnam War-financing vehicle : SURTAX - is any tax popular~?

45. Nice relatives : TANTES - aww, more more Frawnche - sounds close to its English translation of aunts

48. Mesa __ National Park : VERDE

50. Partner of all? : WARTS - I pondered "end all, be all" and "Once and for All" - ah - the phrase "I'll take it as is, warts and all"

52. USAF E-6 : T-SGT - A wordless clue/answer.  I just found out that the hostess I talked about last year is ROTC, and will graduate with the rank of second lieutenant - she's got er, um, three years to go....

53. Festive time : YULE

54. Wii alternative : XBOX - home video game computers

56. Indian wrap : SARI

57. All-inclusive : A TO Z - popular lately

58. Behind : LATE

61. Entrepreneur-aiding org. : SBA - Small Business Administration

Splynter

Saturday, Aug 15th, 2015, Michael Wiesenberg

Theme: None

Words: 66 (missing B,H,J,Q,W,X,Z)

Blocks: 36

I think this might be my fastest Saturday solve, ever.  I have blogged only one puzzle from Michael, and prior to that, his Sat LAT offering was a "no E" grid.  Today's, offering, however, seemed to be a much easier, although visually interesting, construction.  Triple 10's in the Down paired to two 15-letter climbers, with almost triple 10's in the Across, and another pair of 11-letter climbers;

4. One of an orange trio : TENNESSEE AVENUE - brilliant - Monopoly, the board game

10. Source of flashes : ELECTRICAL STORM

 

8. Didn't compute : MADE NO SENSE

23. Trading principle : RECIPROCITY

En Avant~!

ACROSS:

1. Stay __ Marshmallow Man: "Ghostbusters" icon : PUFT - Gotta love starting with a clue about one of my favorite movies - I have dressed as a Ghostbuster for Halloween

5. Mild cheese : EDAM

9. It may be found in sheets : METAL

14. Put __ in: test : A TOE

15. Dancer who appeared in "Golden Boy" after being discovered by Sammy Davis Jr. : LOLA FALANA

17. Stagger : STUN

18. Leads astray : MISDIRECTS

19. Shore bird : TERN - by now, I was wondering if I might have solved the wrong puzzle

20. Modern traveler's purchase : eTICKET

21. Heraldic band : ORLE - oops, not HALO; more here

22. O. Henry, for one : IRONIST

25. Their nos. might appear on shields : RTEs - like this one, found in my neck of the woods - I don't have an I-495 shield, but I do have a RTE 97 sign - not stolen, mind you, but given to me by a state worker

26. Diamond words after two or three : MEN ON - ah, baseball for C.C. - but makes me think of this song

Lyric @2:50

27. Stand : RISE

31. Fine things : ARTS

32. Experts : ACES

33. "__ corny ... ": song lyric : I'M AS - ah.  song from the musical South Pacific - before my time

34. Word for a loser? : LITE - not DIET; 75% correct-ish

35. "Yow!" : YIPES - I had yiKes, and that was close enough

37. Mil. ranks : CPLs - not SGTs

38. Sport for people in suits : ÉPÉE - I put this in, but I thought it was the sword, not the sport

39. Gasp : PANT

40. "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle," for one : ARIA - Frawnche - OMG, people, lighten UP~!  I don't give a rat's a** if there's more French, Spanish, Italian or German in a puzzle; in fact, I've been saying "Frawnche" for so long, I couldn't recall that it's from a clip in 30-year old movie

41. Medical supplies : SERA - oops, put an "S" in at the end - Bzzzt~!

42. Pension law acronym : ERISA - Employee Retirement Income Security Act

43. Tax : LEVY

44. Like caps : VISORED

46. Style for jazzman Crothers : SCAT

47. Indictment feature? : SILENT C - indYTEment; learned watching Law & Order

50. Thames museum : TATE

51. Show no hesitation about starting : PLUNGE INTO - speaking of "plunge", see 52d.

55. Lex's henchman in "Superman" films : OTIS - I remember Ned Beatty playing the role in 1978

56. Sell shares : ISSUE STOCK

57. Torn : RENT

58. Spud : TATER

59. Versatile tubers : YAMS

60. Texts: Abbr. : MSGs

DOWN:   

1. Bucolic musical pieces : PASTORALES

2. Bosh : UTTER TRIPE

3. Offensive, perhaps : FOUR-LETTER - like, say, epee and orle  :7))

5. Common street name : ELM

6. "Moi?" : "DO I~?" - and more Franwche

7. Gore and more : ALs

9. Yankee whose #9 was retired in 1984 : MARIS - more baseball for C.C.

11. Sailor's maneuver : TACK

12. Get in the game : ANTE

13. Not flag : LAST - ah, the verb "to flag"

16. Blend : FIT IN

22. "Could happen" : "I MAY"

24. Hold 'em holding : ONE PAIR - Texas style poker.  Just to show how much I love the French, I'm giving you an image of "one pair" of their pantyhose

28. Curses : IMPRECATES - new word for me, from the Latin "to pray"

29. Showing anticipation, in a way : SALIVATING - see 52d.

30. Some finals : ESSAY TESTS

36. Dutch village : STAD

42. Colorado's __ Park : ESTES

45. Actress Stevens : INGER

47. Turner in cooking : SPIT - like Ike or Tina, in music

48. To whom Rick said, "The Germans wore gray, you wore blue" : ILSA

49. Relish : LUST - se7en, the movie, was on this week - another one of my favorites

52. Tishby of "The Island" : NOA - how have I never seen this woman~?...hamuna-hamuna

53. Old films channel : TCM

54. Approvals : OKs - 52d gets my approval

Splynter

Saturday, Aug 8th, 2015, Alan Olschwang

Theme: None

Words: 72 (missing J, X)

Blocks: 28

Whenever I see Alan's name, I cringe - and the grid looked intimidating, to boot ( saw that answer in Thursdays puzzle ).  So my Across pass did not yield much, but then I smoked thru quite a bit of the Downs.  Had to re-work the SE corner, but ultimately, I was really irritated by the crossing of TWO Frawnche words/phrases - ugh, please, Alan.  Triple 9-letter corners in the down, and double 11-letter across corners riding along with two spanners;

17. Celebration of a future union : ENGAGEMENT PARTY - I've been told there's a bachelorette party at the restaurant today; gonna have to show up and "work" for a little while  ;7))

I'll take the third one from the right....

51. Lets have it : LOWERS THE BOOM ON - seems to have nautical origins, though I saw an online discussion which begged to differ

ACROSS:

1. Show that won 16 Primetime Emmys : BREAKING BAD - have to admit, I have not watched the show - but there's always the DVD set

12. Sno-__ : CAT

15. Doesn't bother : LEAVES ALONE

16. Z preceder : A TO --

19. "Vous __ ici" : ETES - Frawnche "You Are Here"

20. Some tech sch. grads : EEs

21. French department __-Maritimes : ALPES - and yet more Frawnche

22. Allotment word : PER

23. Roasts : RIBS - as in jokes, joshes, ridicules

24. Mass figure : PRIEST

25. More familiar role for the portrayer of George in "Bringing Up Baby" : ASTA - phew~!  That's a lo-o-o-ong way to go to avoid a weekday clue/answer.  Took 3 perps and a WAG to get this dog actor

26. Embedded below the surface of : SET INTO - funny, I just spent yesterday working with some outdoor wiring at A Lure; the lines got SET INTO the rock garden next to the deck

27. AMPAS' London counterpart : BAFTA - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, along with the British Academy of Film and Television Arts

30. Code subject : DRESS - ah, dress code, not spies

32. Original Dungeons & Dragons co. : TSR - Tactical Studies Rules - ah yes, how I spent my junior high school days....I liked being Dungeon Master - is that TMI~?

33. Sinister : EVIL

34. Fed, say : AGENT

35. Seahawks coach Carroll : PETE - oh, what were you thinking, Pete~?

36. __ Bund: Swiss newspaper : DER

37. Family member : NIECE - oops, not UNCLE; my Uncle Phil died Wednesday, 80yrs old

38. A.L. West team, familiarly : 'STROS - Houston Astros

39. Shakes : TREMORS

41. Classic muscle cars : GTOs

43. Meat garnishes : ASPICS

44. Interstate H-1 locale : OAHU and an interstate semi-clecho with; 49a. Airport near I-480, on itineraries : CLEveland

45. TV "Tool Man" Taylor : TIM - Home Improvement

48. Local life : BIOTA - I had FAUNA, then BIOME.  Only after I started the write-up did I notice it changed via perps

50. City SW of Bogotá : CALI

55. Chemical suffix : ENE - hey, this WAG I got right~!

56. Considers : BEARS IN MIND

57. Georgia, once: Abbr. : SSR - Pocchi, that is

58. Pressure tactic : SQUEEZE PLAY

DOWN:

1. Censor : BLEEP - huh. This was my guess, but I didn't fill it in

2. French annuity : RENTE - Really, Alan, really~?

3. Beaverlike? : EAGER

4. Actress Gardner et al. : AVAs

5. Frat bash staple : KEG

6. Response to a pointer : I SEE IT - reminds me of this scene from "Predator"

7. Convention handouts : NAME BADGES - Hi My Name Is...

8. "Burn Notice" actress : GLESS - Ha~! Got it~! Happened to be on TV one morning at breakfast in Delaware

9. Early AC/DC frontman Scott : BON - I liked his voice

10. Worker in an Aesop tale : ANT

11. Sails, say : DEPARTS

12. Chiseler, at times : CARPENTER - yup, been there, done that

13. Corroborates : ATTESTS TO

14. Top sellers : TOY STORES - ah - the toy itself, a top

18. Others, in Latin : ALII - as in "et al.", and others

23. Pretoria's home: Abbr. : RSA - dah~! I thought RUSsia first

24. Vexatious sort : PEST

25. View from Eng.'s Land's End : ATLantic Ocean

26. West African cuisine : SENEGALESE - great fill, but not a clue on my part - the Wiki

27. Stands where we lie : BED TABLES - clever; more common for me to call it bedSIDE

28. Opposite of predilections : AVERSIONS - nailed it~!

29. Military might : FIREPOWER

31. __ center : REC

34. Vents : AIRS

35. NBA tally : PTs

37. Certain dieter's credo : NO CARBS

38. Trifle : SOU - derived from the Frawnche (ugh) coin, 'of little value'

40. Bit : MITE

42. Hollywood, casually : THE BIZ

44. Autumn color : OCHRE - we are almost there - not a big fan of summer

45. Certain Sri Lankan : TAMIL

46. Massey of "Balalaika" (1939) : ILONA - I WAGed IRENE - Bzzzt~!

47. Fred McConnell's daughter, in an old sitcom : MINDY - ah, from Mork & Mindy

50. Provide gratis : COMP - did you hear that Apple is remodeling a casino in Vegas~? It's called the "iWynn"

52. "The Empire Strikes Back," e.g.: Abbr. : SEQuel, and one of my personal favorites - I happen to like the fact that it was "dark", and that the bad guys prevailed

53. 19th Greek letter : TAU

54. 1300 hours : ONE - PM, military time

Splynter

Saturday, Aug 1st, 2015, Barry C. Silk

Theme: Saturday Silkie~!

Words: 70 (missing F,J,Q,W,X)

Blocks: 27

  Ta-DA~!!!  This one was a real pleasure to solve - and yes, I am biased because I was able to solve it without cheating, Google, and red-letters - but it did not look promising to start.  A lot of white on the first pass both across and down, but then a few common words/phrases made sense, and they worked, too.   A tad too many vague clues, and a few proper names - two very nearly creating a Natick - but my one-letter guess was correct and thus....Ta-DA~!!  Triple 11- and almost triple 9-letter corners with two pairs of 9's crossing in the middle section;

7d. Golden Grain Company creation : RICE-A-RONI - been popular lately on Saturday; a little company history

31a. DO holder : OSTEOPATH - well, I figured it was a "Doctor of" something, and then the perps helped me out

36. Common literary technique : SYMBOLISM - like the bad guy in the black hat

Raiders of the Lost Ark

32. Watch : TIMEPIECE - simple, and clever - verb~? noun~?

O - N - W - A - R - D ~ !

ACROSS:

1. Verne vision : SPACE TRAVEL - Pondered SUBMARINE and TIME TRAVEL; both too short

12. Refrain bit : TRA

15. Jurassic time : MESOZOIC ERA - Pondered DINOSAUR AGE

16. What "8" may mean: Abbr. : AUGust - very nearly got me again - and timely, considering it's the first of the month today; the "rabbits" are 5 clues below

17. Programmer's line : INSTRUCTION

18. The Wildcats of the Big 12 Conf. : KSU

19. Spectra 70 computers : RCAs

20. Projection room inventory : REELS - early WAG

21. Org. with a rabbit in its logo : PETA - Playboy did not fit, and technically, it's a magazine, not an organization - would PETA protect these 'animals'~?

22. Critical : KEY

23. Main parts : LEADS - such as those filled by 56a.

24. Phillies pitcher Hamels : COLE - total unknown; my one-letter guess was "C"; I'm sure C.C. nailed it

25. Earth : TERRA

26. Dietary restriction : NO MEAT

28. Patron saint of dancers : VITUS - ah - so "St Vitus Dance" from Black Sabbath is a little play on words....

33. 1996-'97 NBA Rookie of the Year : IVERSON - so not into basketball, this was mostly perps

35. Breakup words : "IT'S OVER"

38. It's good in Puerto Rico : BUENO

39. Like some European scenery : ALPINE - followed by a clecho....

40. Monument Valley scenery : MESAs

42. Dark times, to poets : E'ENs - evenings

43. Speechless miner of fiction : DOPEY - ah. a Dwarf, that is

44. TV debut of 2000 : CSI

47. Unadorned : BARE

48. Confute : BELIE

49. Second Amendment subject : ARMS - oops, not GUNS

50. Links letters : PGA - couldn't be PAR or TEE

51. Teacher of skills : TRADE SCHOOL - I have an Associate's Degree from Island Drafting in Amityville, NY, essentially a trade school for AutoCAD and electronics

53. Unavailable, say : OUT

54. Shortest way : DIRECT ROUTE

55. Width measure : EEE - seems odd to see this in a Barry Silk puzzle

56. Film heroes, often : STEREOTYPES

DOWN:       

1. Unsportsmanlike look : SMIRK - not SNEER

2. Overseas coppers : PENCE - coinage, as in Britain; sort of clecho with; 48d. One in a lift, maybe : BRIT - other words, like bonnet, boot and lorry

3. Evaluate : ASSAY

4. Sacks on bases : COTS - ah, not a baseball clue; I was thinking getting tagged out for attempting to steal

5. Book before Neh. : EZRa - I have a contractor friend named Ezra

6. One seeing the sights : TOURER - because tourIST didn't fit

8. Substituted for : ACTED AS

9. Conceals : VEILS

10. Psyche's beloved : EROS

11. Data-sharing syst. : LAN

12. Go : TAKE LEAVE - had it, took it out, put it back in

13. Seriously weathered, as old cars : RUST-EATEN

14. Contents of el mar : AGUA

21. Stuffy : POMPOUS

23. Course units : LESSONS - I looked into Delaware Tech in Dover; I even have my schedule worked out for the Fall, but I'm going to have to delay until the Spring; a new car is first order.  Considering the Dodge Dart if the Toyota A-BAT is not out soon

24. Oregon Coast Music Festival setting : COOS BAY - the "C" seemed most sensible

25. Wind farm sight : TURBINE - I've been there, remember~?

26. Take in : NET - not NAB

27. "Comin' __ the Rye" : THRO - I WAGed INTO, ONTO, and that sort of helped.  Never heard of this poem/song

28. Dow 30 company : VISA - I had the "A", but it was not much help; Actually, I did not know what made up the DOW 30 -interesting - the list

29. Quakers play in it : IVY LEAGUE - I tried AAA first, not knowing that U Penn was the school being referred to

30. Not extreme : TEMPERATE

34. Ring cheer : OLÉ

37. Do a slow burn : SMOLDER

41. Minds : SEES TO - made me change my "SEE" at 26d. 'take in'

43. Mary __: ship in a Hammond Innes novel : DEARE - perps

44. Laryngeal concern : CROUP - ah, not CROAK; that's 100% 60% correct  ;7)

45. Clobbered : SMOTE - as in "smited"

46. Key chain : ISLES - took a moment to dawn on me

47. Letters seen under antlers : B.P.O.E. - The Wiki

49. Main call : AHOY - the bounding main, that is

51. Raiders' successes, briefly : TDs - The Oakland Raiders of the NFL

52. Old PC component : CRT - cathode ray tube - the screen that usually had a burn-in from the program most often used

look familiar~?

Splynter