Words: 68 (missing J,Q,X,Y)
Blocks: 32
Ugh
- I'm sorry, but I just don't like Mr. Lim's puzzles :7(( Every time I get
one on a Saturday, I cringe. Today was no exception. I had the right
fills, and yet could not finish up the NE and SW corners - not without
red letters, one Google cheat, and a hail Mary WAG. Still not sure what
some of the answers mean. Might have to do with excessive 'cardboard
box syndrome' I'm suffering from, and a head cold, to boot. Quadruple corners of
9-letters, with two inner 10's crossing two more inner 9's;
30. Supplanting : PRE-EMPTING - like football and '60 minutes' on Sunday nights, or the president's TV address
31. Goodyear variety : TIRE SIZES
- I need tires on the Dodge - also a new ignition switch, but I'm so
close to 300,000 on the odo that I will invest the money to cross that
milestone
7. It's hard to put down : PAGE TURNER - I have yet to put my TV
up in my room, going on 7 weeks now. That's how busy I've been.
However, it has led me to reading nearly everything on my room-mates
shelves - I've read "The Lost Symbol", half the 'Alex Cross' books, and
"The Litigators", a book I was reluctant to read because I sensed that all of Grisham's books were about lawyers, and here was no exception - but this one was really good
38. It may be green : CHINESE TEA
ON Sela WARD~!
ACROSS:
1. High-end beer-serving eatery : GASTROPUB - what~? it's not HOOTERS~? I'm shocked~!
"I'll have the third from the left"
10. First husband of Bathsheba : URIAH - half perps/half WAG
15. Drink with Campari and sweet vermouth : AMERICANO - I think this has been in crosswords before - Mr. Lim left out the club soda
16. San Francisco : BART :: Philadelphia : __ : SEPTA - I tried METRO, which is, uh, 20% right~? Or is that 40%~? Anyway, my buddy Mike is from Philly, so I could have called him to find out what the scheduling is down there
17. Islands visited by Darwin : GALAPAGOS - a good, solid fill that had me wondering if I could be wrong
18. Bill toppers : STARS - It takes me too long to remember that "bill" in this sense is the playbill
19. Like some plugs : SHAMELESS
20. Got hot for a while : WAS IN - I really don't know, but I think this is a poker/cards reference; I got hot, so "I'm in"
21. H.S. exam : PSAT
22. Distresses : NAGS AT - yeah, some of the cluing NAGS AT me
23. Silver fish : SMELT - I put in sPelt - that is totally 80% correct
26. Driving forces : URGES
29. __ ale : PALE - again, I got caught thinking "nah, too easy"
35. Wave back? : ECHO - tried EDDY
36. Pointless : INANE
37. Word after big or bright : IDEA - again, too easy~?
40. Holds up : ROBS - ah, that kind of holds up - not LASTS, ENDURES, etc.
41. Stone measure : CARAT - gaffed the "C" with a "K"
42. Storyteller from Thrace : AESOP
43. "Awesome, bro!" : "ROCK ON~!"
15. Drink with Campari and sweet vermouth : AMERICANO - I think this has been in crosswords before - Mr. Lim left out the club soda
16. San Francisco : BART :: Philadelphia : __ : SEPTA - I tried METRO, which is, uh, 20% right~? Or is that 40%~? Anyway, my buddy Mike is from Philly, so I could have called him to find out what the scheduling is down there
17. Islands visited by Darwin : GALAPAGOS - a good, solid fill that had me wondering if I could be wrong
18. Bill toppers : STARS - It takes me too long to remember that "bill" in this sense is the playbill
19. Like some plugs : SHAMELESS
20. Got hot for a while : WAS IN - I really don't know, but I think this is a poker/cards reference; I got hot, so "I'm in"
21. H.S. exam : PSAT
22. Distresses : NAGS AT - yeah, some of the cluing NAGS AT me
23. Silver fish : SMELT - I put in sPelt - that is totally 80% correct
26. Driving forces : URGES
29. __ ale : PALE - again, I got caught thinking "nah, too easy"
35. Wave back? : ECHO - tried EDDY
36. Pointless : INANE
37. Word after big or bright : IDEA - again, too easy~?
40. Holds up : ROBS - ah, that kind of holds up - not LASTS, ENDURES, etc.
41. Stone measure : CARAT - gaffed the "C" with a "K"
42. Storyteller from Thrace : AESOP
43. "Awesome, bro!" : "ROCK ON~!"
Van Halen - Stay Frosty
47. ThinkPads, e.g. : IBMs
49. ooVoo alternative : iCHAT - had zilch on this one; my Google, and having -C-AT, WAGed the rest
50. Dish cooked in seasoned broth : RICE PILAF - healthy fill (pun intended) after a few perps - wanna be a monk~? see 43a. above
55. Left-hand page : VERSO - opposite the RECTO
56. Childhood friend of Paul Cézanne : EMILE ZOLA
57. Secretary of war under Teddy : ELIHU - perps and WAG
58. Defame : DISCREDIT
59. Deferential denial : NO, SIR
60. How fries are usually served : ON THE SIDE
DOWN:
1. Stifles : GAGS
2. Asian nurse : AMAH
3. Ward of "Gone Girl" : SELA - also starred in "The Fugitive" movie, and season two of "House, M.D."
4. Treat cruelly, as another's feelings : TRAMPLE ON
5. Most developed : RIPEST
6. College of Central Florida city : OCALA
8. Some, in Seville : UNOS
9. Order giver : BOSS
10. Naval recovery ship for some Gemini missions : USS WASP
I seem to recall something about Frank Sinatra last week
11. Change the price of : RETAG - meh
12. "Not for me" : I PASS - another Juliam Lim puzzle~? 12d.
13. Ventricle neighbors : ATRIA
14. Is without : HASN'T - dah~! I thought NEEDS, LACKS, so the "S" went in, and messed me up
22. Site of ancient Greek games : NEMEA
23. What some write on : SPEC - all this reading is helping me with my own fiction novel idea
24. Eponymous physicist Ernst __ : MACH
25. K thru 12 : ELHI
27. Calf snagger : REATA - one of those "variant" spellings; I am sure it's legit, but "meh"
28. James Watson, notably : GENETICIST - notably, I did not know this
30. Resident on the Arno : PISAN
32. Partnership-forming words : I DOs
33. Mount from which Moses saw the Promised Land : NEBO - and then he brought forth the 15, oy, 10, 10 commandments~!
34. Sound of surprise : GASP
39. Outing led by a naturalist : ECO-TOUR
42. Unit in Ohm's Law : AMPERE - I = V/R, where I = current in amperes, V = volts, and the resistance, "R"
43. Torn asunder : RIVEN - I mentioned a different RIVEN last week....or is it the same~?
44. 3M sponge brand : O-CEL-O
39. Outing led by a naturalist : ECO-TOUR
42. Unit in Ohm's Law : AMPERE - I = V/R, where I = current in amperes, V = volts, and the resistance, "R"
43. Torn asunder : RIVEN - I mentioned a different RIVEN last week....or is it the same~?
44. 3M sponge brand : O-CEL-O
45. Ruth's __ Steak House : CHRIS - never heard of it
46. GOLEAN cereal maker : KASHI - I have heard of this, from commercials
48. Gush forth : BELCH
50. Second take : RE-DO
51. "Let's go!" : "I'M IN~!"
52. Lombardy city : LODI
53. "Put __ on it!" : A LID
54. What "All are architects of," per Longfellow : FATE
48. Gush forth : BELCH
50. Second take : RE-DO
51. "Let's go!" : "I'M IN~!"
52. Lombardy city : LODI
53. "Put __ on it!" : A LID
54. What "All are architects of," per Longfellow : FATE
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