Theme: Brand Names for Chocolate/Candy Bars
17A: Giggler's treat?: Snickers
42A: One for all and all for one treat: Three Musketeers
65A: Astronomer's treat?: Milky Way
Also, 12D: Generic Treats: Candy Bars.
37D: Generic treat: Chocolate
It's a sweet puzzle. But some of the clues were beyond my knowledge, ie, 35D: Prehistoric tomb (CIST), 28D: Cardinal flower (LOBELIA), 51D: Pagliacci role (TONIO), 63A: Bacchante (MAENAD).
I don't like the clue for 18D: Hot peppers: CHILIES. Hot pepper is either chili or chile or chilli. I am confident of my across fills, so I guess this fake chilie stays here today. (Update: The plural form of chili is either chilies or chilis. So, the crossword clue is right. I was wrong. My bad. I should have checked the dictionary before I commented).
Here are some of the highlights, please correct me if I am wrong.
1A: O. T. book: ISA (Isaiah)
8A: "Two Women" director: De Sica. Sophia Loren won Oscar for her role in this movie.
14A: Mil. installation: NAS (Navy Air Station)
15A: French religious figures: STES
19A: Actress Moreau: JEANNE. French actress.
24A: Write Dickens: MONICA. Great-granddaughter of Charles Dickens.
27A: Actor Mineo: SAL (sorry for the typo earlier).
29A: "Enola __": GAY
32A: Director Browning: TOD. Director of "Dracula".
36A: Set in motion: ACTIVATE
40A: Dwarfed tree: BONSAI. Knew this Japanese miniature tree, but forgot the spelling.
44A: L'chaim and prosit: TOASTS. (Jewish & German)
45A: Show on TV: TELECAST
46A: H. S. subj. SCI
49A: Droop: WILT
58A: Nancy of "Pollyanna": OLSON. Unknown to me.
60A: Gadgeteer Popeil: RON. But wait, there is more!
61A: Vocalized team spirit: RAHS. Feel a bit awkward to me.
63A: Bacchante: MAENAD. Never, never heard of this word. "A priestess or female votary of Bacchus". Too hard. Both the clue and the answer.
68A: New York prison: ATTICA
69A: Morse code: DIT
Down clues:
1D: Concisely, briefly: IN SUM
2D:__ Domingo: SANTO
5D: Goddess of folly: ATE. Here is the definition from dictionary.com: "an ancient Greek goddess personifying the fatal blindness or recklessness that produces crime and the divine punishment that follows it."
8D: Erving of hoops: Dr. J (Julius Erving)
11D: Corfu's location: IONIAN SEA.
18D: Hot peppers: CHILIES.
22D: CD's competition: DAT (Digital Audio Tape)
25D: Interviewer Dick: CAVETT.
26D: "Born Free" writer: ADAMSON (Joy)
28D: Cardinal flower: LOBELIA. New to me.
31D: R-V hookup: STU
33D: You don't say!: Do Tell!
35D: Prehistoric tomb: CIST. Note to you, this word can also be spelled as Kist, in case the crossword editor wants to trick us next time.
36D: Lawyers: abbr.: ATTS (Attorneys)
38D: Lionel products: TRAIN SETS
41D: Hummingbirds' eatery: NECTARY
43D: London garden: KEW. Royal Garden in Britain.
51D: Pagliacci role: TONIO. Here is more information.
53D: Mausoleums: TOMBS
55D: Like cut wood: SAWED
56D: Light olive brown: KHAKI
59D: Table salt: NACL
66D: Unit of illumination: LUX
67D: Vocal pitch: KEY
I am exhausted. Blog software acts weird this morning.
C. C.
17A: Giggler's treat?: Snickers
42A: One for all and all for one treat: Three Musketeers
65A: Astronomer's treat?: Milky Way
Also, 12D: Generic Treats: Candy Bars.
37D: Generic treat: Chocolate
It's a sweet puzzle. But some of the clues were beyond my knowledge, ie, 35D: Prehistoric tomb (CIST), 28D: Cardinal flower (LOBELIA), 51D: Pagliacci role (TONIO), 63A: Bacchante (MAENAD).
I don't like the clue for 18D: Hot peppers: CHILIES. Hot pepper is either chili or chile or chilli. I am confident of my across fills, so I guess this fake chilie stays here today. (Update: The plural form of chili is either chilies or chilis. So, the crossword clue is right. I was wrong. My bad. I should have checked the dictionary before I commented).
Here are some of the highlights, please correct me if I am wrong.
1A: O. T. book: ISA (Isaiah)
8A: "Two Women" director: De Sica. Sophia Loren won Oscar for her role in this movie.
14A: Mil. installation: NAS (Navy Air Station)
15A: French religious figures: STES
19A: Actress Moreau: JEANNE. French actress.
24A: Write Dickens: MONICA. Great-granddaughter of Charles Dickens.
27A: Actor Mineo: SAL (sorry for the typo earlier).
29A: "Enola __": GAY
32A: Director Browning: TOD. Director of "Dracula".
36A: Set in motion: ACTIVATE
40A: Dwarfed tree: BONSAI. Knew this Japanese miniature tree, but forgot the spelling.
44A: L'chaim and prosit: TOASTS. (Jewish & German)
45A: Show on TV: TELECAST
46A: H. S. subj. SCI
49A: Droop: WILT
58A: Nancy of "Pollyanna": OLSON. Unknown to me.
60A: Gadgeteer Popeil: RON. But wait, there is more!
61A: Vocalized team spirit: RAHS. Feel a bit awkward to me.
63A: Bacchante: MAENAD. Never, never heard of this word. "A priestess or female votary of Bacchus". Too hard. Both the clue and the answer.
68A: New York prison: ATTICA
69A: Morse code: DIT
Down clues:
1D: Concisely, briefly: IN SUM
2D:__ Domingo: SANTO
5D: Goddess of folly: ATE. Here is the definition from dictionary.com: "an ancient Greek goddess personifying the fatal blindness or recklessness that produces crime and the divine punishment that follows it."
8D: Erving of hoops: Dr. J (Julius Erving)
11D: Corfu's location: IONIAN SEA.
18D: Hot peppers: CHILIES.
22D: CD's competition: DAT (Digital Audio Tape)
25D: Interviewer Dick: CAVETT.
26D: "Born Free" writer: ADAMSON (Joy)
28D: Cardinal flower: LOBELIA. New to me.
31D: R-V hookup: STU
33D: You don't say!: Do Tell!
35D: Prehistoric tomb: CIST. Note to you, this word can also be spelled as Kist, in case the crossword editor wants to trick us next time.
36D: Lawyers: abbr.: ATTS (Attorneys)
38D: Lionel products: TRAIN SETS
41D: Hummingbirds' eatery: NECTARY
43D: London garden: KEW. Royal Garden in Britain.
51D: Pagliacci role: TONIO. Here is more information.
53D: Mausoleums: TOMBS
55D: Like cut wood: SAWED
56D: Light olive brown: KHAKI
59D: Table salt: NACL
66D: Unit of illumination: LUX
67D: Vocal pitch: KEY
I am exhausted. Blog software acts weird this morning.
C. C.
5 comments:
Good job except 27A...Sal Mineo...handsome actor of earlier years. "Chilies" is wrong...I agree with you. You help my day to be a good one, regardless. Thank you for your help.
"Pollyanna" is a children's book from the early 1900s. Disney adapted the movie in 1960 with Hayley Mills.
Sal Mineo is best known to me for his role in "Rebel Without a Cause."
Thanks for pointing out the Sal Mineo mistake, Anonymous. After reading your comment, I decided to double check "chilies", and found out "chilies" is actually a correct plural form of chili.
Mkatesq, I only associated James Dean with "Rebel Without a Cause", never knew that Sal Mineo was in it. Thanks also for the "Pollyanna" explanation.
C. C.
6d- is pert another term for sassy
Hi Anonymous, thanks for stopping by. Sometimes I ignore the clues/answers if I feel they are self-evident to everyone. I just get tired of keying in the words.
I thought of putting a picture of my puzzle result on my blog. But I make so many mistakes, every day, and it just looks so ugly.
Maybe in a few weeks time I can make some progress and produce some neat pictures.
CC
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