Words: 73 (missing Q)
Blocks: 30
I was really excited to work on this puzzle, as I missed the 'extra'
row from Mr. Steinberg's last Saturday contribution back on Feb 8th. It
was hard to miss the extra column this time, seeing that the top row is
numbered 1-16....and, of course, there has to be triple spanner stacks
in a grid from David on a Saturday. Alas, the top stack refused to
budge, and unlike that crossword from February, the 'shorter' crossings
were of no help whatsoever for me today. Blew up my personal time, and
caved into Google for one of the longer answers, but that did not help
get me any further along. I also think that once I fried my brain
trying to solve this beast, answers that should have been obvious were
no longer clear. Oh well. Gotta take a beating once in a while to
remind me that it's Saturday. The spanners;
1. Really frighten : SCARE THE PANTS OFF
17. 2010 Eminem/Rihanna #1 hit with the lyric "Just gonna stand there and hear me cry" : LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE - this was my Google; I like Eminem, but not all his stuff, and this one was not in my wheelhouse
18. "Despicable Me 2" company : UNIVERSAL STUDIOS
17. 2010 Eminem/Rihanna #1 hit with the lyric "Just gonna stand there and hear me cry" : LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE - this was my Google; I like Eminem, but not all his stuff, and this one was not in my wheelhouse
18. "Despicable Me 2" company : UNIVERSAL STUDIOS
61. Elgar work with an as yet unsolved musical theme : ENIGMA VARIATIONS - never heard of it, but there were enough crossings to make this one plausible
65. Threat in Season 3 of "24" : BIOLOGICAL WEAPON - dah~! I got the first word, but weapon was not forthcoming; got brain-locked on TOXIN and POISON
66. Ways to get high : EXTENSION LADDERS - this one, I got
65. Threat in Season 3 of "24" : BIOLOGICAL WEAPON - dah~! I got the first word, but weapon was not forthcoming; got brain-locked on TOXIN and POISON
66. Ways to get high : EXTENSION LADDERS - this one, I got
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19. Something to grab : RIDE
20. Eponymous magazine founder Eric : UTNE - ugh - one of those answers I "knew", but it was not coming to me after the brain cells got tired
21. Ruler's domain? : ROOST - the "?" made me think tape measure ruler; again, getting caught up in a singular definition caused me all sorts of grief
22. Barred furniture : CRIBS - I am moving into a new "crib" this weekend; sharing a house with Gary, a buddy of mine. The house is on the water in a 'suburb' of Riverhead called Flanders - half way between UPS and the restaurants...I'm so excited
30. Pickup spots? : SCRUFFS
- again, I got slowed down thinking this was the truck definition of
pick-up; this time, it's the neck of your pet, the 'optimum' place to
pick them up
34. City with a Pumpkin Run classic car show : OCALA
36. Baguette surfaces : FACETS - argh~! CRUSTS fit, since this is the definition I was stuck on; instead it's the diamond cut
34. City with a Pumpkin Run classic car show : OCALA
36. Baguette surfaces : FACETS - argh~! CRUSTS fit, since this is the definition I was stuck on; instead it's the diamond cut
38. Angry Birds sequel setting : RIO - no clue here, either - don't have, don't play
39. Valuable deposit : LODE
40. From square one, to Severus : DE NOVO - this week, my Latin failed me
41. Shock : JOLT - ugh, I had BOLT, and did not get the ta-DA~!
42. One may be blonde : ALE
43. Hard : SEVERE
44. Fortune's 2012 Businessperson of the Year : BEZOS - the man behind Amazon
45. Badly deteriorated : FAR GONE
47. Complete : ENTIRE
49. Uber : ULTRA
51. Means : AGENT - meh
53. Grand Canyon ride : BURRO - because ASS, MULE and DONKEY didn't fit
56. Quantum theory pioneer : BOHR
59. GI chow : MREs
DOWN:
1. Musical connector : SLUR
3. Real page-turner? : AVID READER - I had "BOOK" for AVID, thinking "real", as opposed to an eReader
4. Wake-up call : REVEILLE
5. Nice time for toasting : ETE - I went with EVE, but I figured it was the Frawnche city of Nice
6. Robin's family : THRUSH
7. "I have broke your __ to say so!": "The Tempest" : HEST - ugh.
8. Obi-Wan portrayer : EWAN - ARGH~! I went with ALEC (Guiness), and not Mr. McGregor
9. Doesn't measure up : PALES
10. Shakespearean cries : AYs - "I" got this via perps
11. News initials since 1851 : NYT - blasphemy being in the LAT puzzle
12. British classic cars : TOURERS - JAGUARS fit, but didn't jibe with my Googled answer; this word is just a straight fun-sponge
13. Typically 81-digit diversion : SUDOKU - Once I considered 9x9, this came to me
14. Omnium-gatherum : OLIO - a blend of real and fake Latin, meaning a miscellaneous collection. I just discovered there's a heavy metal band of the same name
15. Verizon bundle : FiOS - filled this right in - and then took it out....
16. Film follower? : FEST - FilmFEST
23. Zookeeper's main squeeze? : BOA - har-har
25. Square, in '50s slang, as shown by a four-fingered gesture : L SEVEN
26. __-1: "Ghostbusters" car : ECTO - just about the only clue I was sure of
28. Should it happen that : IF EVER - or is this the new disease from Apple, the iFever~?
29. Locks in a paddock : MANE - ARGHHH~! The hair kind of lock
28. Should it happen that : IF EVER - or is this the new disease from Apple, the iFever~?
29. Locks in a paddock : MANE - ARGHHH~! The hair kind of lock
31. Hard-hit liner, in baseball lingo : FROZEN ROPE - Put in TURF BURNER, and that was just a cluster***k of wrong letters
32. Spanakopita dough : FILO
33. They're often lit : SOTS - I knew this one
34. Norwegian saint : OLAF - i got the OLA- part, but had to wait to see if it was "V" or "F"
35. Fountain output : COLA - ice cream parlor this time
37. Fruit remnant : CORE
40. Depressed area? : DENT
41. Prolonged lament : JEREMIAD - seen this before in crosswords, but it was not coming to me
43. Builder of Jerusalem's First Temple : SOLOMON - total WAG
44. Worth writing home about : BIG
46. Fountain output : GURGLE - think water fountain
48. 1943 Pacific island battle site : TARAWA - new one here, too; you can see it just below the Marshall Islands on this map
50. The Bahamas' __ Islands : ABACO - also new to me; this one's at the top of this map
52. Barbershop part : TENOR
53. Actress Neuwirth : BEBE
54. OS X basis : UNIX
55. Shields may be used in one : RIOT
57. Operation Torch target : ORAN - DAH~! Not Iran; the Wiki, which includes a map
58. Way up : HILL - meh, part II
60. Phishers' fodder: Abbr. : SSNs
62. DOJ pooh-bahs : AGs - Attorneys General at the Department of Justice
63. 180 degrees from I : VII - like this;
32. Spanakopita dough : FILO
33. They're often lit : SOTS - I knew this one
34. Norwegian saint : OLAF - i got the OLA- part, but had to wait to see if it was "V" or "F"
35. Fountain output : COLA - ice cream parlor this time
37. Fruit remnant : CORE
40. Depressed area? : DENT
41. Prolonged lament : JEREMIAD - seen this before in crosswords, but it was not coming to me
43. Builder of Jerusalem's First Temple : SOLOMON - total WAG
44. Worth writing home about : BIG
46. Fountain output : GURGLE - think water fountain
48. 1943 Pacific island battle site : TARAWA - new one here, too; you can see it just below the Marshall Islands on this map
50. The Bahamas' __ Islands : ABACO - also new to me; this one's at the top of this map
52. Barbershop part : TENOR
53. Actress Neuwirth : BEBE
54. OS X basis : UNIX
55. Shields may be used in one : RIOT
57. Operation Torch target : ORAN - DAH~! Not Iran; the Wiki, which includes a map
58. Way up : HILL - meh, part II
60. Phishers' fodder: Abbr. : SSNs
62. DOJ pooh-bahs : AGs - Attorneys General at the Department of Justice
63. 180 degrees from I : VII - like this;
64. 2012 film bear : TED - I've been told to "see it"
Splynter
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