Theme: None?
I could not identify a theme for this puzzle. Please let me know if there is one.
I cheated a few times, but managed to finish this puzzle within 45 minutes. That's a very good time for me.
Here are what tripped me:
16A: Antenna: AERIAL.
31A: Troublesome: ONEROUS. It was clued as Burdensome on Thursday's Star Tribune.
32A: Malay Thatch: NIPA. Kind of palm in Southeast with leaves for thatching. New to me.
55A: Brief summary: APERCU. The spelling of this word drives me nuts.
57A: Like a requiem: DIRGEFUL. Appeared in Star Tribune a few days ago, the same clue.
4D: Blue Hen St: DEL. I got the answers from the across clue, but had no idea that Delaware is nicknamed Blue Hen. I wish I were born and grew up here in the US, I would have nailed this one, and many others I suppose.
5D: "Presumed Innocent" Writer: SCOTT TUROW. He wrote ONE L also. Saw him at Celebrity Jeopardy last Oct. Very intelligent man.
12D: Alan Ladd film, "The Blue _": DAHLIA. Never watched it.
30D: Clan pattern: TARTAN. Here is more information if you want to have a better understanding of the Clan Tartan.
36D: Vindictive: VENGEFUL.
40D: Buddhist scriptural language: PALI. Nope, never heard of it. The Encyclopedia Britannica says Pali is the "sacred language of the Theravada Buddhist canon, a Middle Indo-Aryan language of north Indian origin".
43D: Singer Cyndi: LAUPER. I always thought her name is LAUDER.
C. C.
I could not identify a theme for this puzzle. Please let me know if there is one.
I cheated a few times, but managed to finish this puzzle within 45 minutes. That's a very good time for me.
Here are what tripped me:
16A: Antenna: AERIAL.
31A: Troublesome: ONEROUS. It was clued as Burdensome on Thursday's Star Tribune.
32A: Malay Thatch: NIPA. Kind of palm in Southeast with leaves for thatching. New to me.
55A: Brief summary: APERCU. The spelling of this word drives me nuts.
57A: Like a requiem: DIRGEFUL. Appeared in Star Tribune a few days ago, the same clue.
4D: Blue Hen St: DEL. I got the answers from the across clue, but had no idea that Delaware is nicknamed Blue Hen. I wish I were born and grew up here in the US, I would have nailed this one, and many others I suppose.
5D: "Presumed Innocent" Writer: SCOTT TUROW. He wrote ONE L also. Saw him at Celebrity Jeopardy last Oct. Very intelligent man.
12D: Alan Ladd film, "The Blue _": DAHLIA. Never watched it.
30D: Clan pattern: TARTAN. Here is more information if you want to have a better understanding of the Clan Tartan.
36D: Vindictive: VENGEFUL.
40D: Buddhist scriptural language: PALI. Nope, never heard of it. The Encyclopedia Britannica says Pali is the "sacred language of the Theravada Buddhist canon, a Middle Indo-Aryan language of north Indian origin".
43D: Singer Cyndi: LAUPER. I always thought her name is LAUDER.
C. C.
2 comments:
I like to tell myself that its ok to "cheat" a little because that is how I learn new things. puppy
Thanks for the comment puppy. I do feel that I can learn a lot from "cheating". Besides, I keep telling myself "I cheat today so I won't need to cheat tomorrow."
C. C.
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