Words: 70 (missing J,Q,V,X,Z)
Blocks: 28
Don
G returns for the last Saturday puzzle of the month for the second time
in a row for the LATimes. No theme this time, although we have three
of four long answers that are food related. One Natick, which I had to
use red-letters to solve, but what can you do~? Likewise, there were a
few 'meh' answers that made me grit my teeth, but it's Saturday, so I've
come to expect them. Threw caution to the wind on a few clues, and
glad to see they were solid WAGs. Two 12-letter spanners, and two
11-letter climbers;
19a. Telltale facial mark : MILK MUSTACHE
54a. Picnic piece : CORN ON THE COB
3d. It's often chosen from a map : AIRLINE SEAT
24d. Arbitrary experimentation variable : FUDGE FACTOR
"one of these things is not like the other...."
Donwar~!
ACROSS:
1. Go gaga over : STARE AT - you know what I go gaga over....
8. Put into motion : ACTUATE
15. Bride of Dionysus : ARIADNE - Once the "-NE" appeared, this dawned on me
16. "This can't wait!" : "DO IT NOW~!" - Reminds me of Ahhhnold in Predator
17. "Gilligan's Island" ingénue : MARY ANN - much more appealing to me than Ginger
21. The clink : STIR - meh. Never heard this, but if you consider stir-crazy, then it fits
22. Field : LEA
23. Scolding : EARFUL
27. Japanese food item sold in sheets : NORI - oops, went with noKi first
31. Selene's Roman counterpart : LUNA - I am pretty good with my mythology
32. El __ : GRECO
34. Barely make waves? : SKINNY-DIP - hand up for NOT having done this - yet
36. Some RPI grads : EEs - I attended one semester - Spitzboov stayed longer
37. Medium-dry sherry : OLOROSO - we've seen this in puzzles before - the Wiki
39. Political initials since 1884 : GOP
40. Wonder Girl or Kid Flash : TEEN TITAN - new to me; SIDEKICKS fit, too
42. Quiet spots : GLENS - I had NOOKS to start
44. Twin seen in a thesaurus? : ESAU - clever; th-esau-rus
45. Abs, pecs, delts, etc. : BOD - meh. I get it, but....meh.
46. Place for a shoe : HOOF - horseshoe
47. Grit : METTLE
49. First bk. of the Latter Prophets : ISA
51. 1988 N.L. Rookie of the Year Chris : SABO - the "B" was my only blank; and with the next clue, DonG is making up for the lack of baseball from C.C. last week
57. Situation after the first out, in baseball lingo : ONE AWAY
60. John or Paul : APOSTLE - solid WAG
61. Astronomical measures : PARSECS - parallax second; the Wiki
62. Knee-slapping : RIOTOUS
63. Original McDonald's mascot : SPEEDEE
DOWN:
1. "Dynasty" actress Emma : SAMMS - it took a moment to remember her
4. '70s-'80s San Diego Padres owner : RAY KROC - more McDonald's - his Wiki
5. Red-coated wheel : EDAM - cheese
6. Trees' age indicators : ANNULI - because RIINGS didn't work; today is my brother's B-day; he has 42 rings now
7. Strained : TENSE
8. Sarah McLachlan hit : ADIA
9. Companies : CONCERNS - think late 1800's
10. "My Wife & Kids" co-star __ Campbell-Martin : TISHA - mostly perps
11. Completely : UTTERLY
12. Year abroad : ANO
13. Lot : TON
14. Common rebus pronoun : EWE
20. You won't hear any hits on it : TALK RADIO
25. Dues collector : UNION - UPS is trying to collect back dues from me - not my fault
26. People now known as Sami : LAPPS - WAG
28. Square __ : ROOT - I had KNOT first
30. "Falling Into You" Grammy winner : DION - Celine - not my thing
32. "Chase those guys!" : GET 'EM
33. Piece maker? : REESE - Reese's Pieces
34. __ speak : SO TO
35. Canceled : NO-GO - think NASA and the Apollo missions
38. Ring-wearing pianist : LIBERACE
43. Is blitzed by : LOSES TO
46. Millinery accessory : HAT PIN
48. Called from a field : LOWED
50. Drum kit item : SNARE
52. Big pill : BOLUS - never heard of it; the definition is "a round mass of medicinal material, larger than an ordinary pill"
53. Like one contemplating bariatric surgery : OBESE
55. Where KO means Coca-Cola : NYSE - nailed it
56. Place for an ornament : HOOD - reminds me of a vulgar joke - email me if you care to hear it
57. Short missions? : OPs
58. Power __ : NAP - I take a power nap from about 11am - 1pm everyday between UPS and the restaurant work
59. "Take heed, __ summer comes ... ": Shak. : ERE
Splynter
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