Theme: None
Words: 70 (missing J,K,Q,Z)
Blocks: 28
Well, I thought I was not going to do so well with this puzzle when I
saw the constructors' names, but all in all, I came out on the other
side with just a few scratches - but I have to admit to some red-letter
cheating. I was done in by the proper names, again, and one entry that I
am ashamed to have missed, but it's been a long hot and humid week, so
that's my excuse....what's yours~? Triple 9- and 11-letter corners, with
a couple more nine-letter entries on the inside. One from each corner;
15. Some wealthy '70s British emigrants : TAX EXILES - The Beatles come to mind, and a lot of other musicians
12. Political nickname : "The GOVERNATOR" - Ahhnold Schwarzenegger
30. Liqueur in a monastic-looking bottle : FRANGELICO - back in the day, a friend of mine used to make an alcoholic drink that tasted like the milk of the cereal "Boo Berry", and this was one of the main ingredients
LONG
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ACROSS:
1. Parents concerned with play dates? : STAGE MOMS - har-har
10. Like kelp : ALGAL - I thought maybe LEAFY; this image is "ALL GAL"
16. Those who call New Zealand "Aotearoa" : MAORI - educated WAG
17. Yom Kippur theme : ATONEMENT
18. Buff : MAVEN - I was stuck on the verb for a while; this is more like Film ___
19. Default : RENEGE
20. "Penny Dreadful" network, briefly : SHOwtime - never heard of this show, but I don't get premium channels
22. Lea grazer : EWE
23. Changdeokgung Palace city : SEOUL
26. Like white tigers : INBRED
28. Left Bank eateries : CAFÉS
31. Temp in many pictures : MALL SANTA - At first I thought it was "MALE ---", but the last "-TA" was solid; I just could not see the connection to 'pictures' - had it been 'shopping centers'....but then, that's too easy
33. Water cooler newcomer : HIREE - every week there's newly hired kids at UPS, and very few last beyond a year
34. Cardiogram connection : LEAD
35. Nuclear fission pioneer Otto : HAHN
36. Educator LeShan : EDA
37. Defender at Thermopylae : SPARTAN
40. Noir hero : TEC
41. Group of pals : GANG
43. Bard's instrument : LUTE
44. "... with a muffler __ her eyes": "Henry V" : AFORE
46. Pigs and cows, e.g. : UNGULATES - "hoofed" - the Wiki
48. Mules' mothers : MARES - HORSE was not the correct pluralism
49. Ideal : EDENIC - ah, so that's how you get EDEN to fit 6 letters....
50. Branding target : STEER
52. He succeeded Michael as Batman : VAL - Kilmer, one of the few proper names, and I could spell it, too
53. Lincoln's st. : NEBraska - Shout Out to two of our regulars~!
55. Swear : ATTEST
59. Stomach : ABIDE
61. Way to get to Bora Bora : AIR TAHITI - D'oh~! I went with VIA, not AIR
64. Quest for intel : RECONnaissance
65. Immature : UNRIPENED
66. Tiny energy sources : ATOMS
DOWN:
1. Scrabble board symbol : STAR - smack in the middle
2. Turner Prize-awarding gallery : TATE
3. Impulse pathway : AXON - good WAG, but then again, a four-letter brain word....
4. River through Rochester, New York : GENESEE - I'm familiar with the answer because I drove down Genesee Street when I visited my buddy up at Utica
5. Interpretations of scripture : EXEGESES - all the consonant filled via perps; the rest was "E" WAGs; new word for me
6. Old copy : MIMEO
7. Fútbol cry : OLÉ
8. Chess pieces : MEN - I SO want a stone set for the back yard~!
9. Now-flightless "birds" : SSTs - great clue for a standard CW fill
10. Two-time National Book Award-winning poet A.R. __ : AMMONS - WAGed one "M", the rest was perps
11. A.L. West team, in crawl lines : LAA - Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
13. Sleepy backseat query : "ARE WE THERE~?"
14. Performances in rows : LINE DANCES
21. "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" aunt : HILDA - again, a WAG
24. Häagen-Dazs ingredient? : UMLAUT - this is Blue Oyster Cult/Spinal Tap territory~!
25. To whom Polonius said, "To thine own self be true" : LAERTES - I WAGed the spelling
27. "Ridiculous!" : "BAH~!"
28. Cuban Revolution VIP : CHE GUEVARA - I am familiar with this iconic poster image
29. Help badly? : AID AND ABET
32. Grapevine product, with "the" : LATEST - there's also the A.A. Grapevine
38. Put : PLACE
39. Young camper's proof of ownership : NAME TAPE - I looked this up after the fact because I had never heard of such a thing
42. Try hard (for) : GUN
45. At a greater distance : FARTHER
47. Bedding : LINENS
51. Absorb the loss : EAT IT
54. "John Dough and the Cherub" author : BAUM - perps and a WAG
56. Zehn minus neun : EINS - das German 10 - 9 = 1
57. Bit of progress : STEP
58. Spruce (up) : TIDY
60. King's end? : DOM - kingdom
62. Like Schubert's "Trout Quintet" : IN A - filled in the "IN" and waited....
63. The 1906 Hepburn Act gave the ICC power to set rates for them : RRs
10. Like kelp : ALGAL - I thought maybe LEAFY; this image is "ALL GAL"
17. Yom Kippur theme : ATONEMENT
18. Buff : MAVEN - I was stuck on the verb for a while; this is more like Film ___
19. Default : RENEGE
20. "Penny Dreadful" network, briefly : SHOwtime - never heard of this show, but I don't get premium channels
22. Lea grazer : EWE
23. Changdeokgung Palace city : SEOUL
26. Like white tigers : INBRED
28. Left Bank eateries : CAFÉS
31. Temp in many pictures : MALL SANTA - At first I thought it was "MALE ---", but the last "-TA" was solid; I just could not see the connection to 'pictures' - had it been 'shopping centers'....but then, that's too easy
33. Water cooler newcomer : HIREE - every week there's newly hired kids at UPS, and very few last beyond a year
34. Cardiogram connection : LEAD
36. Educator LeShan : EDA
37. Defender at Thermopylae : SPARTAN
40. Noir hero : TEC
41. Group of pals : GANG
43. Bard's instrument : LUTE
44. "... with a muffler __ her eyes": "Henry V" : AFORE
46. Pigs and cows, e.g. : UNGULATES - "hoofed" - the Wiki
48. Mules' mothers : MARES - HORSE was not the correct pluralism
49. Ideal : EDENIC - ah, so that's how you get EDEN to fit 6 letters....
50. Branding target : STEER
53. Lincoln's st. : NEBraska - Shout Out to two of our regulars~!
55. Swear : ATTEST
59. Stomach : ABIDE
61. Way to get to Bora Bora : AIR TAHITI - D'oh~! I went with VIA, not AIR
64. Quest for intel : RECONnaissance
65. Immature : UNRIPENED
66. Tiny energy sources : ATOMS
DOWN:
1. Scrabble board symbol : STAR - smack in the middle
3. Impulse pathway : AXON - good WAG, but then again, a four-letter brain word....
4. River through Rochester, New York : GENESEE - I'm familiar with the answer because I drove down Genesee Street when I visited my buddy up at Utica
6. Old copy : MIMEO
7. Fútbol cry : OLÉ
8. Chess pieces : MEN - I SO want a stone set for the back yard~!
9. Now-flightless "birds" : SSTs - great clue for a standard CW fill
10. Two-time National Book Award-winning poet A.R. __ : AMMONS - WAGed one "M", the rest was perps
11. A.L. West team, in crawl lines : LAA - Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
13. Sleepy backseat query : "ARE WE THERE~?"
14. Performances in rows : LINE DANCES
21. "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" aunt : HILDA - again, a WAG
24. Häagen-Dazs ingredient? : UMLAUT - this is Blue Oyster Cult/Spinal Tap territory~!
27. "Ridiculous!" : "BAH~!"
28. Cuban Revolution VIP : CHE GUEVARA - I am familiar with this iconic poster image
29. Help badly? : AID AND ABET
32. Grapevine product, with "the" : LATEST - there's also the A.A. Grapevine
38. Put : PLACE
39. Young camper's proof of ownership : NAME TAPE - I looked this up after the fact because I had never heard of such a thing
42. Try hard (for) : GUN
45. At a greater distance : FARTHER
47. Bedding : LINENS
51. Absorb the loss : EAT IT
54. "John Dough and the Cherub" author : BAUM - perps and a WAG
56. Zehn minus neun : EINS - das German 10 - 9 = 1
57. Bit of progress : STEP
58. Spruce (up) : TIDY
60. King's end? : DOM - kingdom
62. Like Schubert's "Trout Quintet" : IN A - filled in the "IN" and waited....
63. The 1906 Hepburn Act gave the ICC power to set rates for them : RRs
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