Theme: None
Words: 64 (missing J,X,Z)
Blocks: 30
Our
last construction from Mr. Donaldson was one co-authored with Brad
Wilber in October last year; prior to that, he had a Saturday dating
back to 2009. No hang-ups during the solve for me, a few proper names
and some odd 'rare' words, but overall a fun puzzle. Chunky corners,
only 4 three-letter words, and a friendly "get-there-from-here" grid
which included single nines, paired nines and a couple of 10-letter
answers;
30a. Riding in the far-left lane, perhaps : CARPOOLING
Check out the next door neighbor over the fence
37a. Producer who developed "The Jeffersons" : NORMAN LEAR
EARWORM~!
12d. "No need to be scared of me" : I DON'T BITE - hard. Or maybe you like being bitten....?
29d. Big storm : NOR'EASTER - where I live today, this type of storm and a full moon could lead to flooding. Scary.
StO(n)p WA(rd)ffling~!
ACROSS:
1. Gone for the summer, perhaps : AT CAMP - Figured it was school related, and started with AT HOME, which was close
7. Elegant pool entrance : SWAN DIVE
- I was thinking we were looking for a noun like 'diving board', not
the 'action' of entrance; I had a diving board go out on one of my
trucks yesterday - there's no limit to what we will ship these days....
15. Jet Ski competitor : SEA-DOO - I knew SKI-DOO would not fly, but I was close
16. NFLer from 1982-'94 : L.A. RAIDER
17. Trick : TRIP UP
18. Last of Sophocles' Theban plays : ANTIGONE
19. Off-base : ERRANT
20. Post-sunburn phase : PEELING
21. Midway game : RING TOSS - ah, not SKEE BALL
23. Number of hills di Roma : SETTE - knew the answer was "seven", but spelling it was....
24. "30 for 30" documentary series airer : ESPN
25. Touch with gauze : DAB AT
27. They may be fake : TANS - my favorite fake tan look
34. NYSE debut : IPO - New York Stock Exchange, Initial Public Offering
35. "Ciao Italia" chef Esposito : MARYANN - perps
36. Cable co. acquired by AT&T : TCI
39. Ocean hazard : REEF
40. Unalaska native : ALEUT
41. Blocking action : VETO
43. Performs surgery on, in a way : LASES
45. Braised chicken dish : COQ AU VIN - we've seen this before on Saturday
49. Runner with big eggs : OSTRICH
51. Final syllable : ULTIMA
52. Lobster sensors : ANTENNAE
53. Otis of elevators : ELISHA - I did not know his first name - his Wiki
54. Men's department fixtures : TIE RACKS
55. Forwarded : SENT ON
56. Decorative herbs : PARSLEYS - spell check is not happy, but it's OK with me
57. Training aids : TREATS - ah, dogs
DOWN:
1. Michaelmas daisy : ASTER
2. Country singer Gibbs : TERRI - filled via perps
3. Memorial rocks : CAIRN - oops, not STELE
4. Much magazine content : AD PAGES - well, I knew it was AD 'something', or 'something' AD(s), but PAGES took a while
5. Goes up : MOUNTS
6. Coke holder : POP-TOP CAN
- "Coke" seems a little too specific - I can get Diet Dr. Pepper in a
pop-top can, too - or is the author trying to throw us off with the
"gram" type of coke~?
7. High-fives, e.g. : SLAPS
8. Ebb : WANE
9. Crafts in CancĂșn : ARTES
10. Attached by pounding : NAILED ON - I was close, had NAILED TO
11. Technology catchall : DIGITAL
- I'm not a huge fan of all these companies that jumped on the Apple
bandwagon and offer their products with "i-something" names; did you hear about Apple's new make-up line~? It's called iShadow.
13. Retaliation : VENGEANCE
14. Word of relative time : ERE - I had ERA, and did not get my "ta-DA~!"
22. Jam : SNARL
26. "What a long week!" : TGIF - Thank God It's already past July 4th, as far as I am concerned
27. Turner of music : TINA
28. Michael Corleone's first wife : APOLLONIA
31. Reuben setting : RYE - ah, had me confused at first
32. Finnish distance runner Nurmi : PAAVO - OK, I cheated - I Googled this answer to get a foothold in the middle
33. For the asking : ON REQUEST
35. __ instinct : MATERNAL
38. Summons (up) : MUSTERS
39. Dancer's program : ROUTINE
42. Like one looking down on his neighbor? : TALLER
44. On account of : SINCE
45. Musical whose plot involves a two-person tournament : CHESS
- I had "-HE--", and this seemed like a logical WAG. The game I
conceived went with me again to Delaware last weekend and I worked out
the details with Mike as a two-player version; now I need to get some
people together and try it with four players
46. Windows 7 precursor : VISTA
- I'm still with XP, and content - but Firefox has stopped supporting
the software. Gonna have to cave at some point to the "future"
47. Cry from one on a streak : I'M HOT - also got lessons from Mike on how to really play Texas Hold'em, since he gets out to the Dover casinos once in a while
48. Asian breads : NAANS
50. Like dried mud : CAKY
52. Novak Djokovic's org. : ATP - sounds like a tennis name to me
Splynter
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