Theme: None
Words: 72 (missing J,Q,X)
Blocks: 30
I
did not recognize the constructor's name until I reviewed the list on
the blog, and discovered we had Mary Lou twice on Saturday last year,
both with Jeff Chen - and my success with those puzzles was mixed. This
week, she is flying solo, and I did fairly well, tho I did cheat and
gave myself the "M" at 43a&d because my "ESE" corner was a mess.
Quite a few "quote" answers, and just a few too many proper names (*
- 17~! - and I left out the geographic names) to make this really
fun, yet I did get through them, and in my personal time. Triple
10-letter across corners, and paired 10 and 11-letter downs crossing two
nines;
17*. George Washington in New York, e.g. : TOLL BRIDGE
- funny how recent events can alter one's perception; I was watching
"The Story Of US" on History, and they discussed George Washington as a
general in New York during the Revolution. Totally missed the link to a
bridge I regularly traveled over. I crossed the new Goethals bridge
from Staten Island a month ago - at a cost of $15, the same as the
George - geez. At least it's only one way.
It was supposed to be faced in granite
30. Audacious : BALD-FACED - oops - I had bOld, but that's acceptable, too
36*. 2013 Nelson Mandela portrayer : IDRIS ELBA - WILL SMITH fit, too - but I was wrong
50. California Raisins ads production technique : CLAYMATION - like Gumby
O Drawn~!
ACROSS:
1. Two-sided : BIPARTISAN - pondered something like JANUS FACED, the Roman god
11. Shows one's hand, in a way : GINS - I considered "TELL", since I have been following the World Series of Poker
15. "Is anyone else here?" : "ARE WE ALONE~?"
16. "My turn" : "I'M UP"
18. Middle of a classical trio : VIDI - ah, not AMO, AMAS, AMAT, but VENI, VIDI, VICI, Caesar's boast of "I came, I saw, I conquered."
19*. Tolkien character : ENT - the walking talking trees
20*. Pindar works : ODES
21*. 2,000-year-old portrayal for Eden : GENIE - oh, Barbara Eden. Got it.
11. Shows one's hand, in a way : GINS - I considered "TELL", since I have been following the World Series of Poker
15. "Is anyone else here?" : "ARE WE ALONE~?"
16. "My turn" : "I'M UP"
18. Middle of a classical trio : VIDI - ah, not AMO, AMAS, AMAT, but VENI, VIDI, VICI, Caesar's boast of "I came, I saw, I conquered."
19*. Tolkien character : ENT - the walking talking trees
20*. Pindar works : ODES
21*. 2,000-year-old portrayal for Eden : GENIE - oh, Barbara Eden. Got it.
22. Word with steel or square : TOED - steel toed I got; I had to look up square toed - can you tell I don't own a pair of high-end men's footwear~?
23. "Semper Fidelis" group : MARINES
25. Baseball statistic : AT BATS
28. Tuscan treat : GELATO - oops, had an "I" at the end
29*. Model Cheryl : TIEGS - I knew the name, not sure of the spelling, but got it right
33. React to dizziness : REEL
34*. Kazantzakis title character : ZORBA - filled via perps
35. HR dept. concern : RELOcation - I have an appointment with my HR guy at UPS on Wednesday next week to discuss opportunities within the company - and I am not opposed to being re-located if it means I can get paid from the neck up; not sure I am willing - or able - to put in another 18yrs doing what I do today
38. Strained : TENSE
39*. Voice of Magoo : BACKUS - I remembered the name Thurston Howell the third....and I just found out he was in "I Dream of Jeannie", too
40. Shade-tolerant foliage : HOSTAS
41. Busts, e.g. : STATUES
43. The better part : MOST - ah. I was on the wrong wavelength here
44. Took the trouble : CARED
45*. Fashion designer Jacobs : MARC
46*. Arctic coast explorer : RAE
49. Fling : HURL
53*. Pitcher Hershiser : OREL - the one proper name I did know
54. Cylindrical stuffed pasta : CANNELLONI - knew the name, got the spelling wrong
55. River in Rwanda : NILE - well, now, I didn't think of that river....
56. Not taken : UNSELECTED
DOWN:
1. Subside : BATE - dang, I had EASE
2. Pressing agent : IRON - at first I thought there'd be a "?" here, but an iron really is a pressing agent
3. Skin : PELT
4. Its point is often boring : AWL - oooh, I went with BIT
5. Completes an installation, perhaps : REBOOTS - last week I had to install a printer on the network at the restaurant - what a chore, with all the rebooting and connectivity, but I succeeded
6. "Buenas __" : TARDES - considered DIOS and AIRES, both too short, and I needed buenOs for the second try - this answer translates to "good afternoon"
7. Jaw-dropping courtroom admission : I LIED
8. Does lawn work : SODS - dah~! Not MOWS
9*. Director Lee : ANG - OK, I knew two names
10. Born : NÉE
11. "Enough already!" : "GIVE IT A REST~!"
12. "It wasn't me!" : "I'M INNOCENT~!"
13. Film with few costumes? : NUDIE - new term for me. My generation calls it 'porn'. I went Googling, and I kept getting this; when I forced Google to connect the word with film, the original term was "nudie cutie", and I found this website
14. Infiltrators : SPIES
21. German count : GRAF - I shoulda known this - I am reading the "Bernie Gunther" novels from Philip Kerr, mostly set in WW II Germany
22. Pasta commonly served with Bolognese sauce : TAGLIATELLE
23. Peach __ : MELBA - interesting history
recipe~? It's ice cream, syrup and fruit....
24*. Pierce portrayer : ALDA - Captain "Hawkeye" Pierce, portrayed by Alan Alda
25. Abruzzi bell town : ATRI - dah~! Took too long to recall this crossword staple
26. Even : TIED
27. It might be tapped : BEER BARREL
28. Costumes : GARBS
31*. "Frozen" queen : ELSA
32. Impersonates : DOES - argh~! Not APES
34*. Cowardly Lion's farmhand alter ego : ZEKE
37. Skim along, as clouds : SCUD
38. Built like models : TO SCALE - oh, those kind of models, the ones I used to build in my "ute"
40. Spam source : HORMEL - the "other" kind of SPAM
41. "Danke __" : SCHON
42. Alpha __: Bull constellation star : TAURI - Aldebaran, the red eye of taurus the bull - we should get some data from Pioneer 10 in about two million years....
43*. ESPN journalist Kenny : MAYNE
45. Operates : MANS - ugh. Not RUNS
46. Fracas : RIOT
47. Excellent : A ONE
48*. Lover of Geraint : ENID
50. Ward for heart patients, briefly : CCU - the Coronary Care Unit
51. PC connection : LAN - Local Area Network, like the one at the restaurant
52. Attention in a 50-Down : TLC
Splynter
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