Theme: None
Words: 72
Blocks: 30
Hello, gang ~! I was fooled into thinking this was a "walk in the park" but I simply could not WAG my way through the NE corner, despite having a pretty good foot-hold. I blogged Doug's last offering just over a month ago, and did well on that one - I must have made him mad....
Onward ~!
ACROSS:
1. They're dirty pool : CHEAP SHOTS - reminds me of this Addams Family scene
11. WNBA positions : CTRs - not fooled by the "W", but still a WAG, since basketball is not my thing
15. Muse of sacred music : POLYHYMNIA - I got it, even with "HY_N" to start; a little background
16. Brest milk : LAIT - LOTS of great, subtle DF cluing today, a play on breast - or is it just me?
17. Does a bit of informal polling : ASKS AROUND
18. Paquin of "True Blood" : ANNA - so not into the latest Vampire thing - I was happy with "Underworld" and Kate Beckinsale
19. Note : SEE
20. Puzzle (out) : SUSS - Clued exclusively for us "Corner" types
21. Model born Lesley Hornby : TWIGGY - Did not know this; I know of her, but not part of my world
23. Equinox mo. : SEPtember - closing in on hockey season ~!
24. Accepted : NORMAL
25. "GoodFellas" Oscar winner : PESCI - this one was a real gimme; I was just watching "My Cousin Vinny" and they mentioned this in the commercial break
28. Reckon, in the boonies : SPOSE - as in "I s'pose y'all city folk?"
30. OR abbr. : NEG - wha? I thought it was EKG; I mean, I get it, but does the Operating Room doc say "NEG"? And blood (type) isn't ONLY in the OR....meh
32. One who's done stretches? : EX-CON - nailed it
33. Texas Rangers CEO : NOLAN RYAN - did not know this, knew him only as a pitcher
35. Leap on blades : AXEL
36. Story writer/poet Grace who studied with Auden : PALEY - her
37. Classic Leontyne Price role : AIDA - here
38. Honey Ryder and Xenia Onatopp, e.g. : BOND GIRLS - "Bond, James Bond" - my top three Bond Girls; (1) - (2) - (3) - what's yours? Sorry ladies....
40. Out of line : ASKEW
41. Inseparable : ONE
42. Some rectangular bars : OLEOS - a little ruse here, oleo the fake butter bar in the fridge
43. Feinting spells? : SPARS - meh, I get it, but I think of feinting as part of fencing
44. Ore.'s highest point : Mt. HOOD
46. Broker's advice : BUY - I use Scottrade
47. Any regular on "The View" : CO-HOST - too much estrogen for me
48. Numbers for closers : ERAs - Earned Run Average, a number for Nolan
50. Cone head? : SNO - oh, very good - I was not on this wavelength to start
53. __ Bacon: "East of Eden" character : ABRA
54. Got at : INSINUATED
57. Structure on piles : PIER
58. "When pigs fly!" : NOT ON A DARE
59. More than asked : PLED
60. Safari sights : GRASSLANDS - ah - not Gorillllas, Gazelllles, Giraffffes,...
DOWN:
1. They're no. experts : CPAs - Certified Public Accountants - I caught the "." after "no"
2. It may wind up around the house : HOSE - we have two hose bibs, so we do not have to wrap the house, but I have seen this
3. Paul's "The Prize" co-star : ELKE - Paul Newman, Elke Sommer in this movie
4. Bard's interjections : AYs
5. Introduce by degrees : PHASE IN
6. Stack sweetener : SYRUP - pancake stack
7. GP gps. : HMOs
8. Weight : ONUS
9. Can across the pond : TIN - a tin of tobacco, in England and other places on the other side of the Atlantic, affectionately known as the "pond"
10. "I'm afraid the news is not good ..." : SAD TO SAY
11. One may be filed : CLAIM
12. It merged with Zanzibar in 1964 : TANGANYIKA - man, I thought I knew this, but it totally eluded me; map - the Lake is now on the left, Zanzibar to the right
13. Gangbuster's target : RINGLEADER - Rum-runner, etc., but I couldn't "suss" it out
14. Inn time : STAY - Argh~! - Trying too hard on this one
22. Singer of complex songs : WREN - not a DIVA
23. Baste : SCOLD - completely filled in via Perps - otherwise, I might have screwed this one up
24. Phrase of emphasis : NO LESS
25. R&B singer Bryson : PEABO
26. Dow 30 company : EXXON-MOBIL
27. When, in Act Two of "Macbeth," the Porter knocks at the gate : SCENE THREE
28. Caught : SNARED
29. TaquerÃa meat : POLLO - Chicken
31. Irritates, with "at" : GNAWS
34. Far from mellifluous : RASPY - Sassy, no, Rusty, no, Risky, no....
36. At the helm of : PILOTING
39. Nursery sounds : GOOs
40. Like much business? : AS USUAL - Men at Work and a little ditty for you
45. Put away : HOARD
46. Wedding announcement : BANNS - new one for me; and intended notice of marriage
47. Stupefyin' Jones creator : CAPP - Al Capp, Li'l Abner - Wiki
48. First-year Spanish verb : ESTA
49. Mexican waterways : RIOs
50. Persian for "place of" : STAN
51. One needing social work? : NERD
52. Confucius's "Book of __" : ODES
55. Bergen's home: Abbr. : NORway - Second largest city
56. Org. working on bridges : ADA - The fake teeth bridges of the American Dental Association - got it
Splynter
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Saturday, August 13th, Barry Silk
Theme: None
Words: 70
Blocks: 31
Saturday Silk - Good day to you all, and a Barry Silk puzzle that (for me) was solvable with a lot of letters filling in via the "hunt and peck" method....
ACROSS:
1. Way to measure brightness : IQ TESTING - Since I swapped to the DOWN clues and had ISLE, the "I" made me think INCANDESCE....
10. Group whose name contains a deliberate misspelling inspired by the Beatles, whom they ardently admired : BYRDS - I know them for their two cover tunes, Turn!Turn!Turn! and Tambourine Man
15. Pressing need : STEAM IRON - I figured IRON was in there somewhere
16. Web search option : YAHOO
17. Augustine St. Clare's daughter, in an 1852 novel : LITTLE EVA - From Uncle Tom's Cabin, not the "Loco-motion" singer that came 100 years later
18. Immune system component : T-CELL
19. Grand-scale poetry : EPOS - Def: a number of poems that treat and epic theme, but are not formally united
20. Largest living toothed animal : SPERM WHALE - didn't get fooled by the "tooth" thing
22. Strategic math game : NIM - we just had this Thursday, with matchsticks and muffins
24. Nixon attorney general Richardson : ELLIOT - the guy in the middle
25. __ asada : CARNE - thank you, Taco Bell....
27. Black-and-tan tans : ALES
28. Tuber with eyes : SPUD
32. Schedule : SLATE
33. Tot's tea party guest : TEDDY & 13. Tot's tea party guest : DOLL - I did not have a "little sister", so I did not see a setting like this
35. Like Brahms's Piano Trio No. 1 : IN B - I like this key; the half-step below "C" makes for some interesting bits
36. Some reds : PINOTS
38. "Hubba hubba!" : OO-LA-LA
40. Fielder's fig. : AVG - Average, more on this from C.C.?
41. Render speechless : SHOCK
45. Thinker Diderot : DENIS - What's your profession? I am a "thinker" - actually, in the Personality Types Enneagram, I AM a Type Five "thinker"
46. Aid criterion : NEED - As in financial AID for college, e.g.
48. "My Country" author : EBAN - this man
49. Cybermemo : E-NOTE - meh
50. "Swan Lake" princess : ODETTE
52. Abbr. for dumbbells : LBs
53. Windows icon : MY COMPUTER - I was going to cheat, since I have my desktop set up with the icons visible to the left - but I renamed "MY COMPUTER" to Richie's Computer...go figure
57. "__ girl!" : ATTA - anyone else start with "IT'S A" ?
60. Slide presentation : AMEBA - had _ _ EB_, so I figured this was missing the usual "O" from Amoeba; I was thinking pics, pix, fotos, etc.
61. Place for pitchers? : SALES ROOM - cute, but what really is a sales 'room'?
63. Mormon Tabernacle feature : CHOIR - Pipe Organ didn't fit....
64. Conductor in a circuit : ELECTRODE
65. Goalie Dominik who won the Vezina Trophy six times : HASEK - ~TA-DA~!!! A hockey clue/answer that's not ORR ~!!! Yea~! BONUS - it's a Goalie, to boot~!
66. He came out of retirement to play Winston Churchill in "Inglorious Basterds" : ROD TAYLOR - Loved Quentin's remake; here's Rod
DOWN:
1. Archipelago part : ISLE
2. Stick in a medicine cabinet : Q-TIP - I was thinking "DEOdorant", but it wasn't working. Q-Tip, a brand name that has become synonymous with the product, even if it's 'generic'; also Band-Aid (bandage) and Kleenex (tissue), although in my home growing up, we didn't say "Kleenex" - can you think of others?
3. Mountains containing the Cathedral Group : TETON RANGE - map
4. Erodes : EATS INTO - had EATS AWAY to start
5. T selection : SML - T-shirt size; Sml, Med, Lge, XXL
6. Pairs of even numbers? : TIES - Like hockey games at 1 - 1
7. "Once more ..." : I REPEAT - made me think of this book, since about two years ago, I started on my pilot's license journey, and found the whole communications part of the challenge to be more daunting than the flying; as a private pilot, you are ALWAYS talking to someone - at least here on LI, with 3 major airports surrounding NYC
8. It's longer than a Kurzgeschichte (short story) : NOVELLE - I thought it was Novella, but who's checking....
9. Knotted up : GNARLED - Like a tree, like this
10. How one must sometimes win : BY TWO - Net games, like tennis, badminton, and volleyball - I was supposed to play tomorrow, but we're getting washed out by the rain Husker Gary sent my way....
11. Blue blood vessels? : YACHTS - oh, such a knee slapper. Barring some invention or song I write that becomes a super-hit, I don't expect to EVER own a "yacht"
12. Three-toed bird : RHEA
14. Seafood selection : SOLE
21. Bungle : MIS-DO - I had _ _ SD _, so what else could it be? meh, too
23. Sits : MEETS
25. Political junkies watch it : C SPAN - that channel dedicated to our Congress
26. Breathing : ALIVE - Made me think of this song
29. Keyboardist's support : PIANO STOOL - I had Piano STAND at first, which is OK for a keyboard, but for a piano...?
30. Off : UNLIT - a mini-theme with brightness, and
31. Early statistical software : DBASE
34. High air? : YODEL - this one does not fool me anymore
37. They may be counted : SHEEP - the Serta guys
39. Singer with the 1965 hit "1-2-3" : LEN BARRY - never heard of him, or the song; does sound familiar - did it end up in a commercial?
42. Not as quick on the uptake : OBTUSER - With O_ _ _ ER, again, what else?
43. Beefy hybrid : CATTALO - More from Wiki; I like Buffalo burgers, never had Bison
44. Used a prayer rug : KNEELED - not KNELT
47. __ Brothers, who sang "Black Water" : DOOBIE - Love the "a cappella" section; the problem with "Classic Rock" FM radio is that they are forced to play ONLY one or two songs from a band/group - did you know Ozzy Osbourne wrote more than just "Crazy Train"?
51. 100 pfennigs, briefly : DMARK German money, deutsche
53. Speed-of-sound name : MACH - as a pilot I NEVER went this fast
54. Jewish youth org. : YMHA - Young Men's HEBREW Association
55. Corp. bigwigs : CEOs
56. A sq. is one : RECTangle
58. List heading : TO DO - my new apartment TO DO list runs into pages....
59. NAFTA part: Abbr. : AMERican - North American Free Trade Agreement
62. Place to get a tkt. : STAtion - Trains; I had MTA at first, knew it couldn't be right, but for Long Island and NYC, the Metro Transit Authority sells tickets
Splynter
Words: 70
Blocks: 31
Saturday Silk - Good day to you all, and a Barry Silk puzzle that (for me) was solvable with a lot of letters filling in via the "hunt and peck" method....
ACROSS:
1. Way to measure brightness : IQ TESTING - Since I swapped to the DOWN clues and had ISLE, the "I" made me think INCANDESCE....
15. Pressing need : STEAM IRON - I figured IRON was in there somewhere
16. Web search option : YAHOO
17. Augustine St. Clare's daughter, in an 1852 novel : LITTLE EVA - From Uncle Tom's Cabin, not the "Loco-motion" singer that came 100 years later
18. Immune system component : T-CELL
19. Grand-scale poetry : EPOS - Def: a number of poems that treat and epic theme, but are not formally united
20. Largest living toothed animal : SPERM WHALE - didn't get fooled by the "tooth" thing
22. Strategic math game : NIM - we just had this Thursday, with matchsticks and muffins
24. Nixon attorney general Richardson : ELLIOT - the guy in the middle
25. __ asada : CARNE - thank you, Taco Bell....
27. Black-and-tan tans : ALES
28. Tuber with eyes : SPUD
32. Schedule : SLATE
33. Tot's tea party guest : TEDDY & 13. Tot's tea party guest : DOLL - I did not have a "little sister", so I did not see a setting like this
35. Like Brahms's Piano Trio No. 1 : IN B - I like this key; the half-step below "C" makes for some interesting bits
36. Some reds : PINOTS
38. "Hubba hubba!" : OO-LA-LA
40. Fielder's fig. : AVG - Average, more on this from C.C.?
41. Render speechless : SHOCK
45. Thinker Diderot : DENIS - What's your profession? I am a "thinker" - actually, in the Personality Types Enneagram, I AM a Type Five "thinker"
46. Aid criterion : NEED - As in financial AID for college, e.g.
48. "My Country" author : EBAN - this man
49. Cybermemo : E-NOTE - meh
50. "Swan Lake" princess : ODETTE
52. Abbr. for dumbbells : LBs
53. Windows icon : MY COMPUTER - I was going to cheat, since I have my desktop set up with the icons visible to the left - but I renamed "MY COMPUTER" to Richie's Computer...go figure
57. "__ girl!" : ATTA - anyone else start with "IT'S A" ?
60. Slide presentation : AMEBA - had _ _ EB_, so I figured this was missing the usual "O" from Amoeba; I was thinking pics, pix, fotos, etc.
61. Place for pitchers? : SALES ROOM - cute, but what really is a sales 'room'?
63. Mormon Tabernacle feature : CHOIR - Pipe Organ didn't fit....
64. Conductor in a circuit : ELECTRODE
65. Goalie Dominik who won the Vezina Trophy six times : HASEK - ~TA-DA~!!! A hockey clue/answer that's not ORR ~!!! Yea~! BONUS - it's a Goalie, to boot~!
66. He came out of retirement to play Winston Churchill in "Inglorious Basterds" : ROD TAYLOR - Loved Quentin's remake; here's Rod
DOWN:
1. Archipelago part : ISLE
2. Stick in a medicine cabinet : Q-TIP - I was thinking "DEOdorant", but it wasn't working. Q-Tip, a brand name that has become synonymous with the product, even if it's 'generic'; also Band-Aid (bandage) and Kleenex (tissue), although in my home growing up, we didn't say "Kleenex" - can you think of others?
3. Mountains containing the Cathedral Group : TETON RANGE - map
4. Erodes : EATS INTO - had EATS AWAY to start
5. T selection : SML - T-shirt size; Sml, Med, Lge, XXL
6. Pairs of even numbers? : TIES - Like hockey games at 1 - 1
7. "Once more ..." : I REPEAT - made me think of this book, since about two years ago, I started on my pilot's license journey, and found the whole communications part of the challenge to be more daunting than the flying; as a private pilot, you are ALWAYS talking to someone - at least here on LI, with 3 major airports surrounding NYC
8. It's longer than a Kurzgeschichte (short story) : NOVELLE - I thought it was Novella, but who's checking....
9. Knotted up : GNARLED - Like a tree, like this
10. How one must sometimes win : BY TWO - Net games, like tennis, badminton, and volleyball - I was supposed to play tomorrow, but we're getting washed out by the rain Husker Gary sent my way....
11. Blue blood vessels? : YACHTS - oh, such a knee slapper. Barring some invention or song I write that becomes a super-hit, I don't expect to EVER own a "yacht"
12. Three-toed bird : RHEA
14. Seafood selection : SOLE
21. Bungle : MIS-DO - I had _ _ SD _, so what else could it be? meh, too
23. Sits : MEETS
25. Political junkies watch it : C SPAN - that channel dedicated to our Congress
26. Breathing : ALIVE - Made me think of this song
29. Keyboardist's support : PIANO STOOL - I had Piano STAND at first, which is OK for a keyboard, but for a piano...?
30. Off : UNLIT - a mini-theme with brightness, and
31. Early statistical software : DBASE
34. High air? : YODEL - this one does not fool me anymore
37. They may be counted : SHEEP - the Serta guys
39. Singer with the 1965 hit "1-2-3" : LEN BARRY - never heard of him, or the song; does sound familiar - did it end up in a commercial?
42. Not as quick on the uptake : OBTUSER - With O_ _ _ ER, again, what else?
43. Beefy hybrid : CATTALO - More from Wiki; I like Buffalo burgers, never had Bison
44. Used a prayer rug : KNEELED - not KNELT
47. __ Brothers, who sang "Black Water" : DOOBIE - Love the "a cappella" section; the problem with "Classic Rock" FM radio is that they are forced to play ONLY one or two songs from a band/group - did you know Ozzy Osbourne wrote more than just "Crazy Train"?
51. 100 pfennigs, briefly : DMARK German money, deutsche
53. Speed-of-sound name : MACH - as a pilot I NEVER went this fast
54. Jewish youth org. : YMHA - Young Men's HEBREW Association
55. Corp. bigwigs : CEOs
56. A sq. is one : RECTangle
58. List heading : TO DO - my new apartment TO DO list runs into pages....
59. NAFTA part: Abbr. : AMERican - North American Free Trade Agreement
62. Place to get a tkt. : STAtion - Trains; I had MTA at first, knew it couldn't be right, but for Long Island and NYC, the Metro Transit Authority sells tickets
Splynter
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Saturday, Aug 6th, Brad Wilbur
Theme: None
Words: 66
Blocks: 36
Brad's last LAT offering was March 27th, last year, when JazzB did the honors. I like these puzzles where nothing is so obscure that you can't suss out an answer with a WAG or two, after getting some perps. A cool looking, "Space Invaders" layout with 11-, 13-, and 15-letter grid spanners top and bottom, including one of my favorites;
52. 1984 Rob Reiner rock music satire : THIS IS SPINAL TAP,
where it's "one louder"....
Splynter here to show how each letter "PLOPS" into place...
ACROSS:
1. It may be caged or staked : TOMATO PLANT - Very cool start, had to wait for the 'O' in Octad to get it
12. Lace alternative, perhaps : VELCRO CLOSURE
14. Learns cold : COMMITS TO MEMORY
16. Out of the teeth of the gale : ALEE
17. Suffix with city : SCAPE - CitySCAPE, like this
18. Supply next to the grill : BUNS - hot dog and hamburger
19. First name in travel : MARCO - I liked this; I was thinking Expedia, etc., and had VASCO to start - Mr. Da Gama
21. Circular contents : ADS
22. Fix, as a bow : RETIE
23. Exile, perhaps : ENISLE - looks odd, but we've seen it before
25. Less inclined to ramble : TERSER
26. First National Leaguer to hit 500 homers : OTT - Mel, I believe - tell us more, C.C.
27. Pre-makeover condition : DRABNESS - people and houses
31. Leprechaun-like : FEY - not what I thought it meant
32. Epoch in which grazing mammals became widespread : MIOCENE - a chart for you to 14A for the future
33. Mg. and oz. : WTs - Milligrams and ounces
36. Included as a postscript : TACKED ON
37. Humble abode : HUT
38. God often depicted with green skin : OSIRIS - him
41. Arlington, Va., post : FT. MYER
43. Like many Edwardian era collars : BONED - OK, I know who's going DF here....
44. Screwdriver parts, for short : OJs - The screwdriver mixed drink, Orange Juice and Vodka
47. Perceive : SENSE
48. __ dixit : IPSE - Latin, "he says it himself" - from Wiki
49. Exams given by committee : ORALS
51. Was a passenger : RODE
55. Federal Reserve goal : STABLE ECONOMY - IMO, I think it's an "unrealistic" goal; I am grateful to have my foot in the door at UPS
56. Far from settled : UP FOR DEBATE - took me a minute, since i had the IBO, not the IBF
DOWN:
1. Boldness : TEMERITY
2. Pre-Columbian Mexicans : OLMECS - had AZTECS to start, was enough for a toehold
3. Co. with a '90s "Friends & Family" program : MCI - tried AT(&)T first, knew it wasn't right
4. Conservatory pursuits : ARTS
5. "Vissi d'arte" singer : TOSCA - I know of the electronica group TOSCA, not this
6. Square dance quorum : OCTAD - and I had EIGHT to start, too....
7. Falls heavily : PLOPS
8. Capital on the Gulf of Guinea : LOMÉ - a map for you - I WAGed ROME, since there is a "link" between Italians and uh, Guinea, but it's not the same
9. Polymer ending : ASE - as in "plastic bASE" er, I mean the scientific naming of enzymes, like oxidase
10. Book covering the Hebrews' 40-year wilderness exile : NUMBERS
11. Rainbow and Dolly Varden : TROUTS - did not know this
12. Lightly and quickly, in music : VOLANTE - Italian
13. Muppet wearing horizontal stripes : ERNIE - Here he is
14. Resulted from : CAME OF
15. River of Flanders : YSER
20. Game for young matchmakers : OLD MAID - never played, so here's what I found - a game of 'pairing', with one odd card in the deck, the "OLD MAID"
22. Is put out by : RESENTS - "friends of Bill W." make this a noun - "a" resentment
24. Idle and more? : ERICs - of Monty Python fame
25. :50, put another way : TEN OF - Over-thought this one; knew it was 'of the hour', but didn't make the connection until _ _ N OF
28. Peachy : A-OK
29. Letters used in dating : BCE - we've seen this before, "Common Era"
30. Animated Flanders : NED - the 'Hi-Diddly Ho ~!!' Simpson's neighbor
33. 1984 #1 country hit by the Judds : WHY NOT ME - I defer to our country fans on the blog for this one
34. Common voting occasion : TUESDAY - Election day is the Tuesday AFTER the first Monday of November; in other words, November 1st cannot be Election Day
35. "Out of Africa" star : STREEP - Meryl, here
36. Food for leafhoppers : TREE SAP - blecht~! I do not like bugs
38. Passing news item? : OBITuary
39. Some campus returnees : SOPHs - for their second year - had ALUMS to start
40. Undisturbed : IN SITU - Latin again, "In position"
42. Red wine grape : MERLOT
44. Calgary Olympics skating silver medalist : ORSER - Calgary, 1988, a look back, but not what I think guys should be skating for....
45. Ribbed : JAPED - to joke; I thought this was a condom thing....DF
46. Links bugaboo : SLICE - and it's opposite, the hook
49. Site of 1993 Arab-Israeli accords : OSLO
50. Kitsch deplorer : SNOB - I like some tawdry stuff
53. Org. with a pair of gloves in its logo : IBF - Here's the website & logo, top left corner
54. Ortiz of "Ugly Betty" : ANA - Image
Words: 66
Blocks: 36
Brad's last LAT offering was March 27th, last year, when JazzB did the honors. I like these puzzles where nothing is so obscure that you can't suss out an answer with a WAG or two, after getting some perps. A cool looking, "Space Invaders" layout with 11-, 13-, and 15-letter grid spanners top and bottom, including one of my favorites;
52. 1984 Rob Reiner rock music satire : THIS IS SPINAL TAP,
where it's "one louder"....
Splynter here to show how each letter "PLOPS" into place...
ACROSS:
1. It may be caged or staked : TOMATO PLANT - Very cool start, had to wait for the 'O' in Octad to get it
12. Lace alternative, perhaps : VELCRO CLOSURE
14. Learns cold : COMMITS TO MEMORY
16. Out of the teeth of the gale : ALEE
17. Suffix with city : SCAPE - CitySCAPE, like this
18. Supply next to the grill : BUNS - hot dog and hamburger
19. First name in travel : MARCO - I liked this; I was thinking Expedia, etc., and had VASCO to start - Mr. Da Gama
21. Circular contents : ADS
22. Fix, as a bow : RETIE
23. Exile, perhaps : ENISLE - looks odd, but we've seen it before
25. Less inclined to ramble : TERSER
26. First National Leaguer to hit 500 homers : OTT - Mel, I believe - tell us more, C.C.
27. Pre-makeover condition : DRABNESS - people and houses
31. Leprechaun-like : FEY - not what I thought it meant
32. Epoch in which grazing mammals became widespread : MIOCENE - a chart for you to 14A for the future
33. Mg. and oz. : WTs - Milligrams and ounces
36. Included as a postscript : TACKED ON
37. Humble abode : HUT
38. God often depicted with green skin : OSIRIS - him
41. Arlington, Va., post : FT. MYER
43. Like many Edwardian era collars : BONED - OK, I know who's going DF here....
44. Screwdriver parts, for short : OJs - The screwdriver mixed drink, Orange Juice and Vodka
47. Perceive : SENSE
48. __ dixit : IPSE - Latin, "he says it himself" - from Wiki
49. Exams given by committee : ORALS
51. Was a passenger : RODE
55. Federal Reserve goal : STABLE ECONOMY - IMO, I think it's an "unrealistic" goal; I am grateful to have my foot in the door at UPS
56. Far from settled : UP FOR DEBATE - took me a minute, since i had the IBO, not the IBF
DOWN:
1. Boldness : TEMERITY
2. Pre-Columbian Mexicans : OLMECS - had AZTECS to start, was enough for a toehold
3. Co. with a '90s "Friends & Family" program : MCI - tried AT(&)T first, knew it wasn't right
4. Conservatory pursuits : ARTS
5. "Vissi d'arte" singer : TOSCA - I know of the electronica group TOSCA, not this
6. Square dance quorum : OCTAD - and I had EIGHT to start, too....
7. Falls heavily : PLOPS
8. Capital on the Gulf of Guinea : LOMÉ - a map for you - I WAGed ROME, since there is a "link" between Italians and uh, Guinea, but it's not the same
9. Polymer ending : ASE - as in "plastic bASE" er, I mean the scientific naming of enzymes, like oxidase
10. Book covering the Hebrews' 40-year wilderness exile : NUMBERS
11. Rainbow and Dolly Varden : TROUTS - did not know this
12. Lightly and quickly, in music : VOLANTE - Italian
13. Muppet wearing horizontal stripes : ERNIE - Here he is
14. Resulted from : CAME OF
15. River of Flanders : YSER
20. Game for young matchmakers : OLD MAID - never played, so here's what I found - a game of 'pairing', with one odd card in the deck, the "OLD MAID"
22. Is put out by : RESENTS - "friends of Bill W." make this a noun - "a" resentment
24. Idle and more? : ERICs - of Monty Python fame
25. :50, put another way : TEN OF - Over-thought this one; knew it was 'of the hour', but didn't make the connection until _ _ N OF
28. Peachy : A-OK
29. Letters used in dating : BCE - we've seen this before, "Common Era"
30. Animated Flanders : NED - the 'Hi-Diddly Ho ~!!' Simpson's neighbor
33. 1984 #1 country hit by the Judds : WHY NOT ME - I defer to our country fans on the blog for this one
34. Common voting occasion : TUESDAY - Election day is the Tuesday AFTER the first Monday of November; in other words, November 1st cannot be Election Day
35. "Out of Africa" star : STREEP - Meryl, here
36. Food for leafhoppers : TREE SAP - blecht~! I do not like bugs
38. Passing news item? : OBITuary
39. Some campus returnees : SOPHs - for their second year - had ALUMS to start
40. Undisturbed : IN SITU - Latin again, "In position"
42. Red wine grape : MERLOT
44. Calgary Olympics skating silver medalist : ORSER - Calgary, 1988, a look back, but not what I think guys should be skating for....
45. Ribbed : JAPED - to joke; I thought this was a condom thing....DF
46. Links bugaboo : SLICE - and it's opposite, the hook
49. Site of 1993 Arab-Israeli accords : OSLO
50. Kitsch deplorer : SNOB - I like some tawdry stuff
53. Org. with a pair of gloves in its logo : IBF - Here's the website & logo, top left corner
54. Ortiz of "Ugly Betty" : ANA - Image
Friday, July 29, 2011
Saturday, July 30, Neville L. Fogarty
Theme: None
Words: 72
Blocks: 29
Saturday Number 5 in this July, and a fun one, I thought - but that might be because I cruised through it with little trouble. Perhaps it was not the same for you, so I will do my best to break it down. Another pinwheel design, this time with triples of 10's and 9's.
1. Revisiting the past? : TIME TRAVEL
11. __ shot : SLAP - Hockey, the kind of shot where you really wind up - and a great movie, if you're into hockey....
15. "Been there" : I CAN RELATE
16. Country with a green, yellow and red flag : MALI - Image here
17. Israelites, to many : CHOSEN ONES - here I thought it was Ozzy Osbourne....@ 1:55
18. Hone : EDGE - the verb, in this instance
19. The sport of shooting, in Soissons : TIR - I did not know - here is the Wiki
20. Took in : ATE
21. Finn's friend : SAWYER
23. Sarah McLachlan's record label : ARISTA
25. Chinese port also known as Xiamen : AMOY
27. 2012 games host country, in Olympics code : GBR - Great Britain; not a great logo for the Olympics, IMO
28. Come to : COST
29. Like some boxers : CANINE - Boxer, the dog, although Mike Tyson put his canines to use, too....
31. "Who __ we kidding?" : ARE
32. Personification : AVATAR - we have some good ones on the blog - I think we should do a weekly theme, and have the avatars change accordingly - like we did with the "days gone by" oldies....my first suggestion? How about your home/ dream home?
34. Tales you can also read backwards? : SAGAS - a little play on the palindrome concept
36. Fakes : RINGERS
39. "To reiterate ..." : AS I SAID...
41. Notable Nixon gesture : V-SIGN - Image
42. Jenny Fields's son, in a 1978 best-seller : T.S. GARP - Technical Sergeant Garp - a strange story
44. Luv : HON - Lovey, Honey-bunny
45. Talked up : TOUTED
47. Certain dieter's concern : CARBohydrates
51. Go (for) : OPT
52. Objects : ENDS - a stretch; as in attaining objects, the "ends" of a search, or is it the verb, and one "objects" to something, and ends it?
53. Glassy-eyed one : STARER - funny, I had "STONER" at first, and was 66% there....
55. Brand named for two states : ORE-IDA - Argyle just linked this Monday, OREgon, and IDAho,the tater-tots makers
57. __ favor : POR - Spanish, for "please"
58. Whitman of "Arrested Development" : MAE - many images
59. Essex neighbor : KENT - England, or GBR; map lower right
60. Female pop trio since 1979 : BANANARAMA - I knew them from "Cruel Summer", and not much more, tho they did hit it with a remake of "Venus"
64. Go back, in a way : UNDO - Thank God for "undo", especially in blogging and AutoCAD~!!!
65. Only place on Earth where crocodiles and alligators co-exist : EVERGLADES - Florida; I lived in Jacksonville for a time
66. Lowly worker : PEON
67. Pans, and how : TEARS APART - as in a bad review
DOWN:
1. Popular mint : TIC-TAC
2. Mariner from Japan : ICHIRO - Seattle Mariners, got me at first.
3. "The Piano" extras : MAORIs - Some more, here ; did not see the movie; not my thing
4. USNA grad : ENSign
5. Pay for : TREAT
6. Airport offering : RENT-A-CAR
7. Succulent genus : ALOE - Total WAG on a Saturday, of course, but succulent....
8. Cargo carrier : VAN
9. Summer abroad : ETE - French summer
10. Good thing to learn : LESSON
11. Duck in the Eurasian taiga : SMEW
12. Singer known for unconventional outfits : LADY GAGA - I like her, despite the outfits
13. Basic math course : ALGEBRA I - two clues in a row that might have been hard to parse
14. Second-least populous st. capital : PIERRE, SD - the city, and it's state - nailed it.
22. Bridge response : AYE, SIR - this time, the bridge is referring to that of the Enterprise, as in Star Trek, or yesterday's "Argo" clues
24. Immortal college coach : STAGG - Immortal, perhaps, famous? Not in my wheelhouse - more here
25. Santa __ : ANA
26. Illusion : MIRAGE
30. Ready to father : AT STUD - horses
33. Let it all out : VENTED
35. Shepherd-protecting org. : ASPCA
36. KOA amenity : RV HOOK-UP - KOA is the "Kampgrounds of America", sort of the Wal-mart of camping....
37. Petroleum processing by-product : ISOPRENE - actually, quite fascinating reading for me
38. Pioneer in side-scrolling video games : NINTENDO - like Mario did, from right to left
40. Tearjerkers of a kind : SAD SONGS
43. 61-Down crossers: Abbr. : STs, & 61. See 43-Down : AVE - a really UGH pair of clues for a Saturday
46. How some stunts are done : ON A BET
48. Fighting force : ARMADA - Ensign, Aye, Sir = a mini-theme going here
49. Hole widener : REAMER - yeah, but to follow with
50. One may come with wings : BREAST - well, I could just get DF here....
54. Refrain from singing? : TRA-LA - fresh cluing here
56. "Bring __!" : IT ON
57. Tudor widow : PARR - Catherine, survivor of Henry VIII; more good reading
62. Gp. for teachers : NEA
63. Emulate Sir Mix-A-Lot : RAP - I linked him last time....
Splynter
Words: 72
Blocks: 29
Saturday Number 5 in this July, and a fun one, I thought - but that might be because I cruised through it with little trouble. Perhaps it was not the same for you, so I will do my best to break it down. Another pinwheel design, this time with triples of 10's and 9's.
1. Revisiting the past? : TIME TRAVEL
11. __ shot : SLAP - Hockey, the kind of shot where you really wind up - and a great movie, if you're into hockey....
15. "Been there" : I CAN RELATE
16. Country with a green, yellow and red flag : MALI - Image here
17. Israelites, to many : CHOSEN ONES - here I thought it was Ozzy Osbourne....@ 1:55
18. Hone : EDGE - the verb, in this instance
19. The sport of shooting, in Soissons : TIR - I did not know - here is the Wiki
20. Took in : ATE
21. Finn's friend : SAWYER
23. Sarah McLachlan's record label : ARISTA
25. Chinese port also known as Xiamen : AMOY
27. 2012 games host country, in Olympics code : GBR - Great Britain; not a great logo for the Olympics, IMO
28. Come to : COST
29. Like some boxers : CANINE - Boxer, the dog, although Mike Tyson put his canines to use, too....
31. "Who __ we kidding?" : ARE
32. Personification : AVATAR - we have some good ones on the blog - I think we should do a weekly theme, and have the avatars change accordingly - like we did with the "days gone by" oldies....my first suggestion? How about your home/ dream home?
34. Tales you can also read backwards? : SAGAS - a little play on the palindrome concept
36. Fakes : RINGERS
39. "To reiterate ..." : AS I SAID...
41. Notable Nixon gesture : V-SIGN - Image
42. Jenny Fields's son, in a 1978 best-seller : T.S. GARP - Technical Sergeant Garp - a strange story
44. Luv : HON - Lovey, Honey-bunny
45. Talked up : TOUTED
47. Certain dieter's concern : CARBohydrates
51. Go (for) : OPT
52. Objects : ENDS - a stretch; as in attaining objects, the "ends" of a search, or is it the verb, and one "objects" to something, and ends it?
53. Glassy-eyed one : STARER - funny, I had "STONER" at first, and was 66% there....
55. Brand named for two states : ORE-IDA - Argyle just linked this Monday, OREgon, and IDAho,the tater-tots makers
57. __ favor : POR - Spanish, for "please"
58. Whitman of "Arrested Development" : MAE - many images
59. Essex neighbor : KENT - England, or GBR; map lower right
60. Female pop trio since 1979 : BANANARAMA - I knew them from "Cruel Summer", and not much more, tho they did hit it with a remake of "Venus"
64. Go back, in a way : UNDO - Thank God for "undo", especially in blogging and AutoCAD~!!!
65. Only place on Earth where crocodiles and alligators co-exist : EVERGLADES - Florida; I lived in Jacksonville for a time
66. Lowly worker : PEON
67. Pans, and how : TEARS APART - as in a bad review
DOWN:
1. Popular mint : TIC-TAC
2. Mariner from Japan : ICHIRO - Seattle Mariners, got me at first.
3. "The Piano" extras : MAORIs - Some more, here ; did not see the movie; not my thing
4. USNA grad : ENSign
5. Pay for : TREAT
6. Airport offering : RENT-A-CAR
7. Succulent genus : ALOE - Total WAG on a Saturday, of course, but succulent....
8. Cargo carrier : VAN
9. Summer abroad : ETE - French summer
10. Good thing to learn : LESSON
11. Duck in the Eurasian taiga : SMEW
12. Singer known for unconventional outfits : LADY GAGA - I like her, despite the outfits
13. Basic math course : ALGEBRA I - two clues in a row that might have been hard to parse
14. Second-least populous st. capital : PIERRE, SD - the city, and it's state - nailed it.
22. Bridge response : AYE, SIR - this time, the bridge is referring to that of the Enterprise, as in Star Trek, or yesterday's "Argo" clues
24. Immortal college coach : STAGG - Immortal, perhaps, famous? Not in my wheelhouse - more here
25. Santa __ : ANA
26. Illusion : MIRAGE
30. Ready to father : AT STUD - horses
33. Let it all out : VENTED
35. Shepherd-protecting org. : ASPCA
36. KOA amenity : RV HOOK-UP - KOA is the "Kampgrounds of America", sort of the Wal-mart of camping....
37. Petroleum processing by-product : ISOPRENE - actually, quite fascinating reading for me
38. Pioneer in side-scrolling video games : NINTENDO - like Mario did, from right to left
40. Tearjerkers of a kind : SAD SONGS
43. 61-Down crossers: Abbr. : STs, & 61. See 43-Down : AVE - a really UGH pair of clues for a Saturday
46. How some stunts are done : ON A BET
48. Fighting force : ARMADA - Ensign, Aye, Sir = a mini-theme going here
49. Hole widener : REAMER - yeah, but to follow with
50. One may come with wings : BREAST - well, I could just get DF here....
54. Refrain from singing? : TRA-LA - fresh cluing here
56. "Bring __!" : IT ON
57. Tudor widow : PARR - Catherine, survivor of Henry VIII; more good reading
62. Gp. for teachers : NEA
63. Emulate Sir Mix-A-Lot : RAP - I linked him last time....
Splynter
Friday, July 22, 2011
Saturday, July 23rd, Barry Silk
Saturday Silkie
Theme: None
Words: 72
Blocks: 28
Well, now, what a stark change from last week's offering - IMHO. I seemed to sail through this one, with a LOT of WAGs, and just a few gaffes. Yet another Barry Silk Saturday - I think he might have more than any other constructor. Triple stacks in a pinwheel fashion again, with a grouping of unique answers in the NE corner -
5. They're waved : MAGIC WANDS - I am in no hurry to see the final installment of Harry Potter, despite having read all the books, and being a huge fan
16. Much of it is shipped via the Strait of Hormuz : IRANIAN OIL - map, here - top right
18. Critical period : CRUNCH TIME - the Eleventh hour, the Two-minute warning, etc.; for me, Crunch Time is 9am, trying to get 30+ trucks rolling for "timely" parcel delivery
ACROSS:
1. __ Cup: Canadian football trophy : GREY -
15. Sound detected with a stethoscope : RALE - BEAT, no, RASP, no....
17. What injured parties may try to get : EVEN
19. Gumshoe : TEC - DeTECtive
20. Walked : TROD
21. "It will be fair weather: for the sky __": Matthew : IS RED
22. Gallery event : ART SHOW - nailed it
24. Like some candle scents : PINY - looks funny, to me
26. Bach, e.g. : GERMAN
27. Reasonable : SANE - I had FINE first, as in "Gimme $10 for it? - that's FINE"
28. Dave Matthews Band label : RCA
31. Lander at Orly : AVION - French for aeroplane, found this in my search
32. Library supporter? : BOOKSHELF - nailed it, great clue/ans
34. "Little Caesar" gangster : RICO - been in a few puzzles recently, right?
35. They extract oxygen from water : GILLS
36. With 40-Across, nocturnal noisemaker : HOOT ; 40. See 36-Across : OWL - can't help it - I'll take #3, keep the beer....
37. "Help!" predecessor : BEATLES VI - Contained "Eight Days a Week", the only song I recognize
39. Viking language : NORSE
41. Fleshy-leaved plant : ALOE - WAG, but a four-letter plant in a CW?
42. Blackmailer : GOUGER
43. Part of NBA: Abbr. : ASSN - had NAT'L to start
44. Bridge units : TETRADS - group of four, not necessarily in bridge
45. Unalaska denizen : ALEUT - WAG - map - bottom left
48. See : DATE
49. Govt.'s Laboratory of Hygiene, now : NIH - National Institute of Health - also been popular lately
50. Ancient rock engraving : PETROGLYPH - nailed it, but I am a big fan of "Ancient Aliens" on the History Channel, and they talk about these all the time
53. Gershon of film : GINA - this fine lady
54. City near Randolph Air Force Base : SAN ANTONIO, Texas
55. Sea of __, shallowest in the world : AZOV - still, at 46ft, it's pretty deep - map
56. Colorful : OPALESCENT
57. Pool member : GENE
DOWN:
1. "Ninotchka" star : GRETA GARBO - All "guy" links today, so I will add some balance
2. Pan's opposite : RAVE REVIEW - how does my hunk pic do?
3. Outlet type : ELECTRICAL
4. Itch : YEN
5. .000001 meters : MICRON
6. Mall map symbol : ARROW - as in "You Are Here"
7. Showy trinket : GAUD - and hence, "GAUDy"
8. Place to retire : INN
9. Title spelled out in Art. 2 of the U.S. Constitution : C.I.C. - Commander In Chief, the POTUS - President of the United States
10. Surfer girls : WAHINES - pronounced "wah-hee-nee", it's a Hawaiian boy or girl; slang it's a surfer girl - I would guess the equivalent of a "Tom Boy"
11. Restless : ANTSY
12. Film __ : NOIR
13. Olive branch site : DIME - Drinks are $1.10 in the vending machines as UPS, so I bring a pocketful of dimes with me to work
14. Winter scene staple : SLED
20. Comparison word : THAN
23. 1930 tariff act co-sponsor : SMOOT - and some interesting history here
24. Philadelphia suburb : PAOLI - Pennsylvania - map
25. Pens' contents : INKS - had the K from "Bookshelf", so it wasn't "PIGS"
27. Unravel : SOLVE - the 'good' kind of unravel - this puzzle, nor your sweater
28. Overhaul : REORGANIZE
29. Got ready to trap : CLOSED IN ON
30. Occasional stinger : AFTERSHAVE - not gonna link it....
32. Nomadic grazers : BISON
33. Time to attack : H-HOUR - like D-Day
35. Stylist's stock : GELS
38. Warning to an overindulgent bar customer : LAST ONE - or it can lead to drunken bar brawls
39. Bank robber's aid : NOTE - a .45 comes in handy, too
42. Break 90, say : GET HOT - despite hitting 100° here, I was thinking about a low golf score, aided by 44D
43. Acoustic : AURAL - I have an article that describes Blue Öyster Cult as "Aural Liquid Plumbr"
44. Green stroke : TAP-IN - Putting green
45. Lhasa __ : APSO - cute
46. Spring : LEAP
47. 1928 destroyer of the village of Mascali : ETNA - WAG
48. Physics unit : DYNE
51. Sporty cars : GTs
52. __ cit. : LOC - Legal term; I defer to the Legal Firm of "Dewey, Cheatem & Howe"
53. __ order : GAG - more legalese
Splynter
Theme: None
Words: 72
Blocks: 28
Well, now, what a stark change from last week's offering - IMHO. I seemed to sail through this one, with a LOT of WAGs, and just a few gaffes. Yet another Barry Silk Saturday - I think he might have more than any other constructor. Triple stacks in a pinwheel fashion again, with a grouping of unique answers in the NE corner -
5. They're waved : MAGIC WANDS - I am in no hurry to see the final installment of Harry Potter, despite having read all the books, and being a huge fan
16. Much of it is shipped via the Strait of Hormuz : IRANIAN OIL - map, here - top right
18. Critical period : CRUNCH TIME - the Eleventh hour, the Two-minute warning, etc.; for me, Crunch Time is 9am, trying to get 30+ trucks rolling for "timely" parcel delivery
ACROSS:
1. __ Cup: Canadian football trophy : GREY -
15. Sound detected with a stethoscope : RALE - BEAT, no, RASP, no....
17. What injured parties may try to get : EVEN
19. Gumshoe : TEC - DeTECtive
20. Walked : TROD
21. "It will be fair weather: for the sky __": Matthew : IS RED
22. Gallery event : ART SHOW - nailed it
24. Like some candle scents : PINY - looks funny, to me
26. Bach, e.g. : GERMAN
27. Reasonable : SANE - I had FINE first, as in "Gimme $10 for it? - that's FINE"
28. Dave Matthews Band label : RCA
31. Lander at Orly : AVION - French for aeroplane, found this in my search
32. Library supporter? : BOOKSHELF - nailed it, great clue/ans
34. "Little Caesar" gangster : RICO - been in a few puzzles recently, right?
35. They extract oxygen from water : GILLS
36. With 40-Across, nocturnal noisemaker : HOOT ; 40. See 36-Across : OWL - can't help it - I'll take #3, keep the beer....
37. "Help!" predecessor : BEATLES VI - Contained "Eight Days a Week", the only song I recognize
39. Viking language : NORSE
41. Fleshy-leaved plant : ALOE - WAG, but a four-letter plant in a CW?
42. Blackmailer : GOUGER
43. Part of NBA: Abbr. : ASSN - had NAT'L to start
44. Bridge units : TETRADS - group of four, not necessarily in bridge
45. Unalaska denizen : ALEUT - WAG - map - bottom left
48. See : DATE
49. Govt.'s Laboratory of Hygiene, now : NIH - National Institute of Health - also been popular lately
50. Ancient rock engraving : PETROGLYPH - nailed it, but I am a big fan of "Ancient Aliens" on the History Channel, and they talk about these all the time
53. Gershon of film : GINA - this fine lady
54. City near Randolph Air Force Base : SAN ANTONIO, Texas
55. Sea of __, shallowest in the world : AZOV - still, at 46ft, it's pretty deep - map
56. Colorful : OPALESCENT
57. Pool member : GENE
DOWN:
1. "Ninotchka" star : GRETA GARBO - All "guy" links today, so I will add some balance
2. Pan's opposite : RAVE REVIEW - how does my hunk pic do?
3. Outlet type : ELECTRICAL
4. Itch : YEN
5. .000001 meters : MICRON
6. Mall map symbol : ARROW - as in "You Are Here"
7. Showy trinket : GAUD - and hence, "GAUDy"
8. Place to retire : INN
9. Title spelled out in Art. 2 of the U.S. Constitution : C.I.C. - Commander In Chief, the POTUS - President of the United States
10. Surfer girls : WAHINES - pronounced "wah-hee-nee", it's a Hawaiian boy or girl; slang it's a surfer girl - I would guess the equivalent of a "Tom Boy"
11. Restless : ANTSY
12. Film __ : NOIR
13. Olive branch site : DIME - Drinks are $1.10 in the vending machines as UPS, so I bring a pocketful of dimes with me to work
14. Winter scene staple : SLED
20. Comparison word : THAN
23. 1930 tariff act co-sponsor : SMOOT - and some interesting history here
24. Philadelphia suburb : PAOLI - Pennsylvania - map
25. Pens' contents : INKS - had the K from "Bookshelf", so it wasn't "PIGS"
27. Unravel : SOLVE - the 'good' kind of unravel - this puzzle, nor your sweater
28. Overhaul : REORGANIZE
29. Got ready to trap : CLOSED IN ON
30. Occasional stinger : AFTERSHAVE - not gonna link it....
32. Nomadic grazers : BISON
33. Time to attack : H-HOUR - like D-Day
35. Stylist's stock : GELS
38. Warning to an overindulgent bar customer : LAST ONE - or it can lead to drunken bar brawls
39. Bank robber's aid : NOTE - a .45 comes in handy, too
42. Break 90, say : GET HOT - despite hitting 100° here, I was thinking about a low golf score, aided by 44D
43. Acoustic : AURAL - I have an article that describes Blue Öyster Cult as "Aural Liquid Plumbr"
44. Green stroke : TAP-IN - Putting green
45. Lhasa __ : APSO - cute
46. Spring : LEAP
47. 1928 destroyer of the village of Mascali : ETNA - WAG
48. Physics unit : DYNE
51. Sporty cars : GTs
52. __ cit. : LOC - Legal term; I defer to the Legal Firm of "Dewey, Cheatem & Howe"
53. __ order : GAG - more legalese
Splynter
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Saturday, July 16th, Tom Heilman
UGH ~!
Sorry, but this offering today had some real cringers in it. First time I have blogged Tom Heilman; the last Saturday from Tom was May 2010, and the results seemed to be on par with this puzzle....
Splynter here, on a DNF Saturday -
Words: 66
Blocks: 27
ACROSS :
1. Public mockery : PASQUINADE - tough start; had I not had the "U" in both the A. and D. clues, the Q would not have been a choice
11. Opening movement of Holst's "The Planets" : MARS - a WAG, but it IS "The Planets"
15. Cleans up : EXPURGATES - Sounds more like making the mess....
16. First Dominican-born Major League Baseball manager : ALOU - a classic CW WAG here
17. Everglades denizens : ALLIGATORS - got it
18. Hoot? : DAMN - I don't give a "hoot" about....
19. Occupation : TRADE
20. "Lady, shall __ in your lap?": Hamlet : I LIE
21. They may be geological : ERAS
22. Direct : BOSS - the verbs, here
23. A plan may be put on it : HOLD
24. Artist son of Andrew Wyeth : JAMIE - Nope, don't know these people; here's some of the art
25. Kyrgyzstan city : OSH
26. Pregnant pause, perhaps : TENSE MOMENT - good clue/answer
28. Surface phenomena affected by magma : GEYSERS - got it - more here
30. Judges : DECIDES
31. Complex design : WEB
32. Fatal opening? : NON - Like in NON-fatal injury...?
33. Statement of equality : ITS A TIE - yeah, but meh
37. Coastal freeze : FAST ICE - I knew it was some sort of __ ice
41. Established favorable conditions (for) : SET THE STAGE - good one I did NOT get
43. Pita look-alike : NAN - nailed it, but a three-letter answer on Sat. doesn't help much....
44. Narrow ridge : ARETE - here
45. Faithful : TRUE
46. Crack agent? : NARC - Crack, the rock cocaine, and the DEA man who busts you for it
47. "Okay then" : I SEE
48. Scented souvenirs : LEIS
49. Chemical prefix? : PETRO - I REFUSED to put this in, even though I had it, since there was NO WAY it could cross with PETR-....and it did....
50. Poet Walter __ Mare : DE LA - Nope, don't know this guy
51. Independent way to live : OFF THE GRID - I guess, but I wouldn't necessarily describe it as independent; more like low key, or on the "lam"
53. Barely better than none? : SLIM when your choices are "slim and none"
54. Railing with molded supports : BALUSTRADE - you know I HAD to get this one; I might have a huge balustrade to build next month
55. Court cry: Var. : OYEs - a variation on OLEs ????
56. Private : ONE-STRIPER - ARGH~! Got me, never thought of the military
DOWN:
1. Moor feature : PEAT BOG - wasn't he the lead singer of some rock group?
2. Frontman on the 1987 debut album "Appetite for Destruction" : AXL ROSE - Guns N Roses; got him, knew him, thought I might have a chance; he's the one in the middle - the guy to the left is my second favorite guitarist, Slash.
3. Flamboyant : SPLASHY - Axl was splashy, not Slash-y
4. Plugs of tobacco : QUIDS - my parents are both British; to me a "quid" is slang for a buck, a pound, a dollar, and not used in the plural
5. Seriously suggest : URGE
6. Supermarket chain with Chicago H.Q. : IGA - quick, name a three-letter food store....there's one WAY out east here on Lon Guyland
7. United __ : NATIONS - see the last clue/answer, 52D.
8. Components of the Maldives : ATOLLS - had islets to start
9. Scoffed at : DERIDED
10. __ est percipi: to be is to be perceived : ESSE - Four years of Latin told me "to be" is ESSE
11. Raked it in : MADE A MINT - had MADE MONEY to start; not a bad WAG
12. Protected, in a way : ALARMED - as in your home, with the "Slomin's shield" or ADT
13. Arugula alternative : ROMAINE
14. Down times? : SUNSETS - good clue/ans. and visual
23. Beetle of note : HERBIE - OH ~! The Volkswagen ~! VERY good ~!
24. Playful : JOCOSE - Bzzz - Denied; didn't get it
26. Use a ring, maybe : TEETHE - had TIE OFF (like drapes) at first; the the T_E helped
27. Household : MENAGE - Let's get DF here, and lighten this one up ~!
29. Elite tactical units : SWAT TEAMS - nailed it; today it was YES or NO - I either got it, or I didn't, and had no hope, to boot
33. Discussion-ending words : I SAID SO - I had "THAT'S IT" and couldn't shake it
34. In a word : TERSELY - got it, but spelled it TERSLEY
35. Pinball ball, perhaps : STEELIE - I love pinball, like the "Black Knight" and the Addam's Family", but did not know this term until I started writing today
36. Grammy winner for the 1993 album "Mi Tierra" : ESTEFAN - I had PUENTE (Tito), but spelled it wrong anyway
37. Thomas Mann's "Doktor __" : FAUSTUS - Um, nope
38. Caught : IN A TRAP - yeah, I guess
39. Four-wheel drive? : CAR RIDE - Really~?!?!?
40. Spy, at times : ENCODER
42. Gimcrack : TRIFLE
46. Pola of the silents : NEGRI - image
48. Western howler : LOBO
49. Stone: Pref. : PETR - not gonna say it again....
52. President when the U.N. was created : HST - I wanted Woodrow Wilson, but he was denied his "League of Nations".
Oh well, at least I move into my new apartment this weekend - I am off to lick my NON FATAL mental wounds....thanks for listening to me gripe
Splynter
Sorry, but this offering today had some real cringers in it. First time I have blogged Tom Heilman; the last Saturday from Tom was May 2010, and the results seemed to be on par with this puzzle....
Splynter here, on a DNF Saturday -
Words: 66
Blocks: 27
ACROSS :
1. Public mockery : PASQUINADE - tough start; had I not had the "U" in both the A. and D. clues, the Q would not have been a choice
11. Opening movement of Holst's "The Planets" : MARS - a WAG, but it IS "The Planets"
15. Cleans up : EXPURGATES - Sounds more like making the mess....
16. First Dominican-born Major League Baseball manager : ALOU - a classic CW WAG here
17. Everglades denizens : ALLIGATORS - got it
18. Hoot? : DAMN - I don't give a "hoot" about....
19. Occupation : TRADE
20. "Lady, shall __ in your lap?": Hamlet : I LIE
21. They may be geological : ERAS
22. Direct : BOSS - the verbs, here
23. A plan may be put on it : HOLD
24. Artist son of Andrew Wyeth : JAMIE - Nope, don't know these people; here's some of the art
25. Kyrgyzstan city : OSH
26. Pregnant pause, perhaps : TENSE MOMENT - good clue/answer
28. Surface phenomena affected by magma : GEYSERS - got it - more here
30. Judges : DECIDES
31. Complex design : WEB
32. Fatal opening? : NON - Like in NON-fatal injury...?
33. Statement of equality : ITS A TIE - yeah, but meh
37. Coastal freeze : FAST ICE - I knew it was some sort of __ ice
41. Established favorable conditions (for) : SET THE STAGE - good one I did NOT get
43. Pita look-alike : NAN - nailed it, but a three-letter answer on Sat. doesn't help much....
44. Narrow ridge : ARETE - here
45. Faithful : TRUE
46. Crack agent? : NARC - Crack, the rock cocaine, and the DEA man who busts you for it
47. "Okay then" : I SEE
48. Scented souvenirs : LEIS
49. Chemical prefix? : PETRO - I REFUSED to put this in, even though I had it, since there was NO WAY it could cross with PETR-....and it did....
50. Poet Walter __ Mare : DE LA - Nope, don't know this guy
51. Independent way to live : OFF THE GRID - I guess, but I wouldn't necessarily describe it as independent; more like low key, or on the "lam"
53. Barely better than none? : SLIM when your choices are "slim and none"
54. Railing with molded supports : BALUSTRADE - you know I HAD to get this one; I might have a huge balustrade to build next month
55. Court cry: Var. : OYEs - a variation on OLEs ????
56. Private : ONE-STRIPER - ARGH~! Got me, never thought of the military
DOWN:
1. Moor feature : PEAT BOG - wasn't he the lead singer of some rock group?
2. Frontman on the 1987 debut album "Appetite for Destruction" : AXL ROSE - Guns N Roses; got him, knew him, thought I might have a chance; he's the one in the middle - the guy to the left is my second favorite guitarist, Slash.
3. Flamboyant : SPLASHY - Axl was splashy, not Slash-y
4. Plugs of tobacco : QUIDS - my parents are both British; to me a "quid" is slang for a buck, a pound, a dollar, and not used in the plural
5. Seriously suggest : URGE
6. Supermarket chain with Chicago H.Q. : IGA - quick, name a three-letter food store....there's one WAY out east here on Lon Guyland
7. United __ : NATIONS - see the last clue/answer, 52D.
8. Components of the Maldives : ATOLLS - had islets to start
9. Scoffed at : DERIDED
10. __ est percipi: to be is to be perceived : ESSE - Four years of Latin told me "to be" is ESSE
11. Raked it in : MADE A MINT - had MADE MONEY to start; not a bad WAG
12. Protected, in a way : ALARMED - as in your home, with the "Slomin's shield" or ADT
13. Arugula alternative : ROMAINE
14. Down times? : SUNSETS - good clue/ans. and visual
23. Beetle of note : HERBIE - OH ~! The Volkswagen ~! VERY good ~!
24. Playful : JOCOSE - Bzzz - Denied; didn't get it
26. Use a ring, maybe : TEETHE - had TIE OFF (like drapes) at first; the the T_E helped
27. Household : MENAGE - Let's get DF here, and lighten this one up ~!
29. Elite tactical units : SWAT TEAMS - nailed it; today it was YES or NO - I either got it, or I didn't, and had no hope, to boot
33. Discussion-ending words : I SAID SO - I had "THAT'S IT" and couldn't shake it
34. In a word : TERSELY - got it, but spelled it TERSLEY
35. Pinball ball, perhaps : STEELIE - I love pinball, like the "Black Knight" and the Addam's Family", but did not know this term until I started writing today
36. Grammy winner for the 1993 album "Mi Tierra" : ESTEFAN - I had PUENTE (Tito), but spelled it wrong anyway
37. Thomas Mann's "Doktor __" : FAUSTUS - Um, nope
38. Caught : IN A TRAP - yeah, I guess
39. Four-wheel drive? : CAR RIDE - Really~?!?!?
40. Spy, at times : ENCODER
42. Gimcrack : TRIFLE
46. Pola of the silents : NEGRI - image
48. Western howler : LOBO
49. Stone: Pref. : PETR - not gonna say it again....
52. President when the U.N. was created : HST - I wanted Woodrow Wilson, but he was denied his "League of Nations".
Oh well, at least I move into my new apartment this weekend - I am off to lick my NON FATAL mental wounds....thanks for listening to me gripe
Splynter
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Saturday, July 9th, Doug Peterson
Theme: None
Words: 70
Blocks: 28
Wow~! - Considering the fine and challenging offers from our "Corner Constructors" of the last two days, I smoked this puzzle, without a single hesitation, and only one quick review to find my one-letter goof. We have seen Doug before on Saturday, his last being the duo with Barry Silk.
A nearly a 'pinwheel' symmetrical puzzle, with triple stacks of 10 in each "arm" - just a black square off in the NE and SW.
Onward~!
Splynter
ACROSS:
1. It may be picked : BASS GUITAR - I actually switched to the DOWNS first, but once I had _SS G_, I pretty much got it - I play, but use a pick more often then the finger or slap technique
11. Revival figs. : EMTs - nice misdirection, human revivers, Emergency Medical Technicians
15. Sly role, as a rule : ACTION HERO - Sylvester "Sly" Stallone, in movies such as Rambo, Cliffhanger, etc. - I still want to see "The Expendables" with "ALL" the action heroes.
16. Fly on the river, perhaps : LURE
17. One who might steal kisses : CHOCOHOLIC - those little Hershey kisses here
18. Protected from buffeting : ALEE - Saturday level cluing for this word
19. Shorten, in a way : HEW
20. Smoking choice : PIPE
21. Big name in test preparation : KAPLAN - Here
23. Certain surfer's power source : KITE - I would rather sail my Hobie Cat than do this
24. Stands in a field? : COPSES
25. Choice cut : T-BONE
28. Dealt with loose ends : MOPPED UP
30. Shadow removers : RAZOR BLADES - "5 o'clock shadow" for the hirsute man
33. Treasure State motto word : ORO
34. Intaglio stone : ONYX - Here
35. Not as refined : RUDER - I had rawer to start
36. Times to get ready : EVES
37. "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." producer : MGM - a WAG with the -G- there
38. Sinuous storytellers : HULA DANCERS - show me your links ~!
40. One of the noble metals : PLATINUM - nailed it; also Gold et. al.
42. Champion, for one : HORSE - I got it, but didn't know who Champion was....
43. Absinthe flavorings : ANISES
44. Chicago's __ House : HULL - Here's the story
46. Out there to the max : ODDEST
47. Tightly : FAST - meh, not sure about this
48. NASCAR no. : RPM
51. Doce halved : SEIS
52. "You Should Be Dancing" group : THE BEE GEES
55. Pre-bar letters : LSAT
56. Trying to get close to : ESTIMATING
57. Extremely : OHSO
58. Cops often take them at crime scenes : STATEMENTS - Huge Law & Order fan, usually this segment comes right after the first commercial break
DOWN:
1. "Little Organ Book" composer : BACH - Four-letter organ composer?
2. Not quite smart? : ACHE - Loved this, reminds me of this
3. Put away : STOW
4. Disclaimer in a quote : SIC - most often brakceted [sic] like this....
5. More likely to ooze : GOOPIER
6. Like a pitch that's taken, ironically : UNHIT
7. "My wish is ..." : I HOPE
8. Tubby leader? : TELE - Tele-tubbies, those pastel colored things
9. 1968 newlywed, familiarly : ARI - I had LIZ at first, a WAG at Elizabeth Taylor
10. Pink Floyd's "The Wall," e.g. : ROCK OPERA
11. Slip by : ELAPSE
12. Chewed on : MULLED OVER
13. Balancing pros : TREASURERS - well-clued
14. Caught, in a way : SEEN
22. Useful downloads : APPS
23. First U.S. secretary of war (for whom a fort was named) : KNOX
24. Put into bars, say : CODED
25. Defeat badly : TROMP
26. East Pakistan, today : BANGLADESH
27. Sonnet likely inspired by Ramses the Great : OZYMANDIAS - One and the same
28. Chair's title, at times : MADAM
29. Sheriff's outfit : POSSE
31. Gentlemen's second choices? : BRUNETTES - Well, now, they happen to be this gentleman's FIRST choice
32. Corkers : LULUs
36. Sierra Club subj. : ECOL. - Ecology, hear here ~!
38. Sign of an escape? : HISS - as air from a punctured tire
39. Devils, e.g. : NHL TEAM - New Jersey - I will root for them if the NY Rangers aren't on
41. Words with organized crime : TIES TO - Another L&O reference, as in "Biegel has ties to the Masucci family..." ( I had tieD to, my only boo-boo )
44. Order clothes : HABIT - I had ROBES to start here
45. "I'm yours to command" : USE ME - I think of the lyrics here at 0:58
46. Vigeland Sculpture Park city : OSLO - Images
47. Crumbly topping : FETA - cheese, on salads, etc
48. Arabian checker : REIN - Arabian, the horse, but not Champion
49. Shut (up) : PENT
50. In-box queue: Abbr. : MSGS
53. Fair Deal initials : HST - Harry S. Truman
54. Former comm. giant : GTE - I remember these guys
See ya next time ~!
Splynter
Words: 70
Blocks: 28
Wow~! - Considering the fine and challenging offers from our "Corner Constructors" of the last two days, I smoked this puzzle, without a single hesitation, and only one quick review to find my one-letter goof. We have seen Doug before on Saturday, his last being the duo with Barry Silk.
A nearly a 'pinwheel' symmetrical puzzle, with triple stacks of 10 in each "arm" - just a black square off in the NE and SW.
Onward~!
Splynter
ACROSS:
1. It may be picked : BASS GUITAR - I actually switched to the DOWNS first, but once I had _SS G_, I pretty much got it - I play, but use a pick more often then the finger or slap technique
11. Revival figs. : EMTs - nice misdirection, human revivers, Emergency Medical Technicians
15. Sly role, as a rule : ACTION HERO - Sylvester "Sly" Stallone, in movies such as Rambo, Cliffhanger, etc. - I still want to see "The Expendables" with "ALL" the action heroes.
16. Fly on the river, perhaps : LURE
17. One who might steal kisses : CHOCOHOLIC - those little Hershey kisses here
18. Protected from buffeting : ALEE - Saturday level cluing for this word
19. Shorten, in a way : HEW
20. Smoking choice : PIPE
21. Big name in test preparation : KAPLAN - Here
23. Certain surfer's power source : KITE - I would rather sail my Hobie Cat than do this
24. Stands in a field? : COPSES
25. Choice cut : T-BONE
28. Dealt with loose ends : MOPPED UP
30. Shadow removers : RAZOR BLADES - "5 o'clock shadow" for the hirsute man
33. Treasure State motto word : ORO
34. Intaglio stone : ONYX - Here
35. Not as refined : RUDER - I had rawer to start
36. Times to get ready : EVES
37. "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." producer : MGM - a WAG with the -G- there
38. Sinuous storytellers : HULA DANCERS - show me your links ~!
40. One of the noble metals : PLATINUM - nailed it; also Gold et. al.
42. Champion, for one : HORSE - I got it, but didn't know who Champion was....
43. Absinthe flavorings : ANISES
44. Chicago's __ House : HULL - Here's the story
46. Out there to the max : ODDEST
47. Tightly : FAST - meh, not sure about this
48. NASCAR no. : RPM
51. Doce halved : SEIS
52. "You Should Be Dancing" group : THE BEE GEES
55. Pre-bar letters : LSAT
56. Trying to get close to : ESTIMATING
57. Extremely : OHSO
58. Cops often take them at crime scenes : STATEMENTS - Huge Law & Order fan, usually this segment comes right after the first commercial break
DOWN:
1. "Little Organ Book" composer : BACH - Four-letter organ composer?
2. Not quite smart? : ACHE - Loved this, reminds me of this
3. Put away : STOW
4. Disclaimer in a quote : SIC - most often brakceted [sic] like this....
5. More likely to ooze : GOOPIER
6. Like a pitch that's taken, ironically : UNHIT
7. "My wish is ..." : I HOPE
8. Tubby leader? : TELE - Tele-tubbies, those pastel colored things
9. 1968 newlywed, familiarly : ARI - I had LIZ at first, a WAG at Elizabeth Taylor
10. Pink Floyd's "The Wall," e.g. : ROCK OPERA
11. Slip by : ELAPSE
12. Chewed on : MULLED OVER
13. Balancing pros : TREASURERS - well-clued
14. Caught, in a way : SEEN
22. Useful downloads : APPS
23. First U.S. secretary of war (for whom a fort was named) : KNOX
24. Put into bars, say : CODED
25. Defeat badly : TROMP
26. East Pakistan, today : BANGLADESH
27. Sonnet likely inspired by Ramses the Great : OZYMANDIAS - One and the same
28. Chair's title, at times : MADAM
29. Sheriff's outfit : POSSE
31. Gentlemen's second choices? : BRUNETTES - Well, now, they happen to be this gentleman's FIRST choice
32. Corkers : LULUs
36. Sierra Club subj. : ECOL. - Ecology, hear here ~!
38. Sign of an escape? : HISS - as air from a punctured tire
39. Devils, e.g. : NHL TEAM - New Jersey - I will root for them if the NY Rangers aren't on
41. Words with organized crime : TIES TO - Another L&O reference, as in "Biegel has ties to the Masucci family..." ( I had tieD to, my only boo-boo )
44. Order clothes : HABIT - I had ROBES to start here
45. "I'm yours to command" : USE ME - I think of the lyrics here at 0:58
46. Vigeland Sculpture Park city : OSLO - Images
47. Crumbly topping : FETA - cheese, on salads, etc
48. Arabian checker : REIN - Arabian, the horse, but not Champion
49. Shut (up) : PENT
50. In-box queue: Abbr. : MSGS
53. Fair Deal initials : HST - Harry S. Truman
54. Former comm. giant : GTE - I remember these guys
See ya next time ~!
Splynter
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