The full line of Diane von Furstenberg's crossword fashions clip
Rebecca Goldstein returns with a Friday foray into fashion - Five fills framed as (out)FITs, with their associated attire in the answers ( see what I did there~? ). This is Ms. Goldstein's sixth puzzle this year, and I blogged a streak of her constructions on Wednesdays in, Jan, Feb, and March of 2025. I found today's puzzle less difficult than yesterday's. For a change, we had no add-in/on letters as a theme, a standard grid - which is unusual for Rebecca - no 'outlier' squares, just a handful of names ( but a crossing pair, thus a Natick ), no circles, and 17 3LWs, one more than the 5-letter word count. The themers, with 38A. at the center, and no reveal;
17. Fit to eat?: LOBSTERBIB - You can eat the lobster, but not the bib
38. Fit for a king?: PAJAMAS - A king-sized bed, very clever
62. Fit for work?: SUITANDTIE - Thankfully, I've never had to wear a suit & tie for work
11. Fit to a tee?: GOLFSHIRT - Not the "T" shirt, the "tee" prop of a golf ball
34. Fit for service?: CHOIRROBE - Here's Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture
with a full, robed choir and pipe organ ( in the background )
Perhaps you prefer a choir with real cannons - this one
But Wait - Get Dressed - There's More~!
ACROSS:
1. Diminish: WANE - Think the Moon, and thus - 32D. 1-Across opposite: WAX - now makes sense
5. "Too rich for my blood": I'M OUT." - Poker reference, but the "catch phrase" of Shark Tank, too
10. "My word!": "EGAD~!"
14. Fusses: ADOs
15. Bay area on the East Coast: TAMPA - Kinda vague, kinda Friday, Geo name #1
16. Olden times: YORE
19. Enthusiasm: ELAN - "E"lliteration . . . 🙄
20. Uno e uno e uno: TRE - Español: English - 1 and 1 and 1 is three - I only saw "uno" = Italian 😜
The Beatles, lyric @2:42
21. Arabian aristocrat: EMIR - we're "A & E"ing all over this blog . . .
22. Hurled: LETFLY - e.g., insults
24. Nintendo princess: ZELDA - the original video game is now 40 years old; name #2
26. Archrivals: NEMESES - the plural spelling
28. __ Minor: URSA
30. Event that may have drawings: ARTSHOW - very clever clue / answer; LOTTERY fit, too
33. Single ant, say: SCOUT - I tried DRONE to start - had just the "O", but "totes" correct . . . 🙄
35. Hon: BAE - cringe. I don't care for this abbr at all, even IRL, not just crosswords . . . 😖
OK, the Shein "Bae" outFITs are pretty attractive . . .
36. "Proud Mary" singer Turner: TINA - name #3
37. "Don't think so": "NAH."
41. Nero Wolfe creator Stout: REX - I read the whole series, have a boxful of the paperback books I am still waiting to display, as the shelves I have planned still need to be built; name #4
42. Book jacket blurbs: BIOs - a biography, in a few words
44. Lip-smacking word: YUM~!
45. Air ways: DUCTS
47. Masterful demonstrations: CLINICS - typically related to sports professionals, musicians, etc.
49. Capital city with a Museum of the Viking Age set to open in 2027: OSLO - I'd like to visit that kind of place - still, a geo name, #5
50. Home body?: REALTOR - Har-har
52. Diving aquatic birds: LOONS
56. One sister in "King Richard": SERENA - The "S" being a Natick crossing with another name, #6, I had no clue, was thinking Shakespeare's "Richard III", then King Lear, but no - this is the story of "Richard", the father of sisters Venus & Serena, and his drive for making them successful tennis pros
58. Treadmill setting: PACE - I finished 45mins at level 5 on the Stairmaster; this week I started level 6
60. D.C. MLBer: NATional
61. The whole shebang: ATOZ
65. Broccoli __: RABE
66. Law of __: trigonometry equation: SINES - for the math geeks; for the Law(yer) of SIGNS . . .
69. "Tough crowd!": "YEESH~!" - I usually spell it "SHEESH" in my journal
70. Zoomed: SPED
DOWN:
1. Flounce: WALTZ - "you think you can just come ___ing in here dressed like that~?!?"
2. Be wild about: ADORE
3. Prize first awarded in 1901: NOBEL - name(ish) - the 'explosive' & tragic life of Alfred Nobel
4. Slow start?: ESS - metaclue, "S" starts the word sLOW
5. Object: ITEM - nailed it, but wondered if it might be the legalese verb, "I object, your honor~!"
6. Yacht spot: MARINA - and SERENA, look at us rhyming~!
7. Color gradient technique: OMBRE - never heard this term, usually related to hair, and of Frawnche origin, meaning "shadow"; I found this "Fire" version, and while I've not seen it IRL, it's mesmerizing. . .
8. News initials: UPI - United Press International, and it's American, too . . . 😁
9. Rehearsals a cast generally won't stand for?: TABLEREADS - made me think of a Family Guy episode; Seth MacFarlane and cast have done live ones at Comic Cons, but they're definitely NSFW
10. Reason to look one's best?: EYETEST - very clever, that kind of "look"
Can you read line seven~?
12. Central Asia's North __ Sea: ARAL - Geo name #7
13. Say "It wasn't me," say: DENY
18. Start to cry: TEARUP - start to cut a rug; TEAR it UP~!
Gramatik, Tearin It Up
23. Rough fig.: ESTimate
25. Pair: DUO - Dah~! Not TWO
27. "M'lady": MA'AM
29. Sarcastic response to rude behavior: STAYCLASSY - Yeah, or Meh~?
31. Individuals: ONES
33. Travel as the wind blows: SAIL - ah, another good clue / answer; if you're on a submarine, does one still "set sail~?" - I'm reading a book that involves U-Boats, and I thought this description a bit odd . . .
