FOOT PRINT
19. *Withings product: BATHROOM SCALE - I did not know what "Withings" was, but the theme reveal helped with the fill - and one item you may NOT care to acknowledge when you "step on it"
22. *Construction toy piece: LEGO BLOCK - I had plenty of Lego growing up - the other item you may NOT care to feel when you "step on it"
25. *Entryway rug: WELCOME MAT - I want this one for my front door
37. "Go, go, go!," or an instruction one *may or may not* want to follow for
the answers to the starred clues: STEP ON IT
And Away We Go~!
ACROSS:
1. Swear words: OATH - my favorite is "d#f^j*k$@l&pf%ht"
5. Post-WWII alliance: OAS - Organization of American States - their website
8. Q-tip, e.g.: SWAB
12. Spanish : señora :: German : __: FRAU - When "Frau" appears in a puzzle, I must add this link
13. Fold animals: SHEEP - not origami-related, had the "P" already, so a WAG on the animal "group"
15. Ponytail place: NAPE
16. Small amounts: TADS
17. Concur: AGREE
18. "Who __?": "ELSE~?"
23. Beach bag item: TOWEL - Douglas Adam's explanation on Towels
26. Susan of "The Partridge Family": DEY - name #1
27. Fatty acid, e.g.: LIPID
31. Made to resemble soft leather: SUEDED - check out my latest leather furniture addition
I now own a rocking/swivel/heat & massage RECLINER - It's official: I am "old"
33. "Make kind choices": "BE NICE."
34. Southern city where Cartoon Network has its HQ: ATLanta - name(ish)
35. Go from site to site, say: NET-SURF - web browsing
39. Small batteries: AAs
40. Arena concert genre: ROCK - see 53A.
42. The first "M" of MGM: METRO - Goldwyn - Mayer; name(ish)
43. Latin years: ANNI - plural of anno
44. Fencing blade: FOIL - not ÉPÉE this time
46. Hoops stat: REBound
47. Scent: ODOR
48. "Hand it over!": "GIMME~!"
49. Tavern initials: IPA
50. Construction __: PAPER - used for origami~?
52. Keats piece: ODE - name(ish)
53. Musket attachment: BAYONET - Iron Maiden, arena rockers still going at 50yrs
56. Quarterback Manning: ELI - name #2
57. Missing clownfish in a Pixar film: NEMO - name #3
59. Charged toward: RAN AT - see 53A.
60. Some handheld organizers, briefly: PDAs - Public Display of Assistant~?
Bell and WATSON~!
61. Bread served with saag paneer: NAAN
62. "Seven Samurai" and "Rashomon" director Kurosawa: AKIRA - George Lucas drew inspiration for Star Wars from him; his Wiki; name #4
63. Give five stars, say: RATE
64. Referencing: AS TO
65. Fly catchers?: MITTS - baseball reference, fly balls and gloves
66. Fútbol cheers: OLÉs
DOWN:
1. Much more than ne'er: OFT - more often than never
2. Many a Yemeni: ARAB - name(ish)
3. "Voilà!": "ta-DA~!"
4. Picked up the pace: HUSTLED
5. "What a relief!": "OH GOOD~!"
6. Oxygen-dependent organism: AEROBE - ah. a generic organism; good fill
7. Fitting: SEEMLY
8. Attend a movie without a ticket, say: SNEAK IN
Trinity Church, Boston
10. Basilica area: APSE - speaking of churches....
11. Drone, e.g.: BEE - think "rank"
13. Puppeteer Tony: SARG - Never heard of him, name #5 - his Wiki
14. Mexican money: PESO
20. Hunt of "Twister": HELEN - name #6; I liked her in Mad About You and Cast Away, too
21. Symbol seen on viola sheet music: C CLEF
23. Old Russian leader: TSAR
24. Lacking inspiration: OUT OF IDEAS
29. "Same for me": "I CAN RELATE."
30. From South Asia, perhaps: DESI - I had to look this up - a new definition for me
32. Many a blue state sen.: DEMocrat
33. "Dude!": BRO~!
36. Glaze made with soy sauce and mirin: TERIYAKI -soy I know, and I have bought rice wine to make my General Tso's, did not know it was called "mirin"
38. Murals, park statues, etc.: URBAN ART - I tried ARTWORKS first
43. Poet laureate Limón: ADA - name #8
45. Syr. neighbor: LEBanon - name(ish)
47. Choose: OPT
48. Plannin' to: GONNA
51. Elevates: RISES - meh. rAises sounds better
54. Composer Khachaturian: ARAM - no clue - more here; name #8
55. Car service predictions, for short: ETAs
58. Singer Yoko: ONO - name #9
60. For: PRO
Splynter
8. Q-tip, e.g.: SWAB
12. Spanish : señora :: German : __: FRAU - When "Frau" appears in a puzzle, I must add this link
Blucher~!
more animal group names found here
15. Ponytail place: NAPE
17. Concur: AGREE
18. "Who __?": "ELSE~?"
23. Beach bag item: TOWEL - Douglas Adam's explanation on Towels
26. Susan of "The Partridge Family": DEY - name #1
27. Fatty acid, e.g.: LIPID
31. Made to resemble soft leather: SUEDED - check out my latest leather furniture addition
34. Southern city where Cartoon Network has its HQ: ATLanta - name(ish)
35. Go from site to site, say: NET-SURF - web browsing
39. Small batteries: AAs
40. Arena concert genre: ROCK - see 53A.
42. The first "M" of MGM: METRO - Goldwyn - Mayer; name(ish)
43. Latin years: ANNI - plural of anno
44. Fencing blade: FOIL - not ÉPÉE this time
46. Hoops stat: REBound
47. Scent: ODOR
48. "Hand it over!": "GIMME~!"
49. Tavern initials: IPA
50. Construction __: PAPER - used for origami~?
52. Keats piece: ODE - name(ish)
53. Musket attachment: BAYONET - Iron Maiden, arena rockers still going at 50yrs
The Trooper - You'll fire your musket / but I'll run you through
57. Missing clownfish in a Pixar film: NEMO - name #3
59. Charged toward: RAN AT - see 53A.
60. Some handheld organizers, briefly: PDAs - Public Display of Assistant~?
62. "Seven Samurai" and "Rashomon" director Kurosawa: AKIRA - George Lucas drew inspiration for Star Wars from him; his Wiki; name #4
63. Give five stars, say: RATE
64. Referencing: AS TO
65. Fly catchers?: MITTS - baseball reference, fly balls and gloves
66. Fútbol cheers: OLÉs
DOWN:
1. Much more than ne'er: OFT - more often than never
2. Many a Yemeni: ARAB - name(ish)
3. "Voilà!": "ta-DA~!"
4. Picked up the pace: HUSTLED
5. "What a relief!": "OH GOOD~!"
6. Oxygen-dependent organism: AEROBE - ah. a generic organism; good fill
7. Fitting: SEEMLY
8. Attend a movie without a ticket, say: SNEAK IN
9. Fenway's Green Monster, for one: WALL - I drove past the Green Monster last week on my way to doing field work; had to cut a new hatch into a chamber floor for a new set of pipes - here's the organ façade, seen from below
11. Drone, e.g.: BEE - think "rank"
13. Puppeteer Tony: SARG - Never heard of him, name #5 - his Wiki
14. Mexican money: PESO
20. Hunt of "Twister": HELEN - name #6; I liked her in Mad About You and Cast Away, too
21. Symbol seen on viola sheet music: C CLEF
24. Lacking inspiration: OUT OF IDEAS
29. "Same for me": "I CAN RELATE."
30. From South Asia, perhaps: DESI - I had to look this up - a new definition for me
32. Many a blue state sen.: DEMocrat
33. "Dude!": BRO~!
36. Glaze made with soy sauce and mirin: TERIYAKI -soy I know, and I have bought rice wine to make my General Tso's, did not know it was called "mirin"
38. Murals, park statues, etc.: URBAN ART - I tried ARTWORKS first
41. First name of bassists Gordon and Deal: KIM - Cool clue; Gordon from Sonic Youth, and Deal from the Pixies/Breeder; two other female bass players - Tal Wilkenfeld and Sean Yseult - name(s) #7
45. Syr. neighbor: LEBanon - name(ish)
47. Choose: OPT
48. Plannin' to: GONNA
51. Elevates: RISES - meh. rAises sounds better
54. Composer Khachaturian: ARAM - no clue - more here; name #8
55. Car service predictions, for short: ETAs
58. Singer Yoko: ONO - name #9
60. For: PRO
Splynter
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