Theme: Film/TV Mr. & Mrs.
17A: Mr. & Mrs.: LUCKY AND MINIVER
41A: Mr. & Mrs.: MOM AND DOUBTFIRE
65A: Mr. & Mrs.: MOTO AND DALLOWAY
If you come to my blog today, then you probably have trouble finishing this Monday puzzle too. Ha ha, that's very comforting for me to know. Very comforting.
I worked my tail off, but I just did not know who is Lily's relative (CAMAS), I kept thinking "calla lily". Had no idea AVISO means dispatch boat. Did not know that EUROPA is another Jupiter satellite. Why did they name satellite names after Greek God & Goddess?
Across Clues:
1A: Kett of the comics: ETTA. He appeared in yesterday's crossword. Wherefore art thou, ETTA James?
2A: Go a round with: SPAR
9A: Book composition: PAGES
16A: Existing: ALIVE
17A: Mr. & Mrs.: LUCKY AND MINIVER: Never saw Mr. Lucky or Mrs. Miniver. Sound so old to me.
20A: Purloined: STOLEN
25A: Puff stuff: TALC
30A: Casa component: SALA.
32A: Temptresses: SIRENS
38A: Teases: RIBS
41A: Mr. & Mrs.: MOM AND DOUBTFIRE. "Mrs. Doubtfire" is goofy, I never watched Mr. Mom.
44A: Dispatch boat: AVISO. Unknown to me.
45A: Columnist Bombeck: ERMA. I tend to confuse her with "Joy of Cooking" author/chef IRMA Rombauer.
46A: Hefty volume: TOME
47A: Seed for a bun: SESAME. Eat more sesame seeds, your hair will be thicker and fuller.
49A: Dash gauge: TACH
52A: Farm tower: SILO
54A: Neighbor of Libya: CHAD. Anti-French riots in Chad, that's all I know about this country.
59A: Nothing in Nogales: NADA
61A: Satellite of Jupiter: EUROPA. On Sunday's crossword, the Jupiter satellite is ELARA. OK, I stole this definition for Europa: Classical Mythology. a sister of Cadmus who was abducted by Zeus in the form of a bull and taken to Crete, where she bore him Rhadamanthus, Minos, and Sarpedon.
65A: Mr. & Mrs.: MOTO AND DALLOWAY. Never watched Mr. MOTO. Love "The Hours" with Nicole Kidman as Virginia Woolf.
70A: Hawaiian goose: NENE. Another pretty thing, look at here. I still cannot believe Huckabee ate squirrels while in college (fried in a popcorn popper, Meet the Press yesterday).
71A: "Teachers" star Nick: NOLTE. Too much drug/alcohol problems. He should start doing crosswords. That will cure him. Seriously. Alice Cooper cured his alcohol problem by taking up golf.
72A: Bring up: REAR
73A: Tolkien's tree creatures: ENTS
Down Clues:
2D: Track tipster: TOUT
3D: Tex-Mex order: TACO
5D: Recognized authority: STANDARD
6D: Brooch: PIN
8D: Send payment to: REMIT
9D: Jury member: PANELIST
13D: Withered: SERE
24D: Lose traction: SLIDE
26D: Vessel: CRAFT
27D: Lily relative: CAMAS. Stared at the CA_AS for a long time. It's the prettiest thing I've seen this morning.
28D: Garlic section: CLOVE
29D: Penultimate round: SEMIS
31D: Terminate: ABORT
33D "Silas Marner" writer: ELIOT (George)
34D: Bellini opera: NORMA. I know nothing about opera.
35D: Look of a villain: SNEER
37D: Haciendas: CASAS. Look at 30A: Casa component. I don't like it when the clue word is also the answer in the same puzzle.
39D: Singer Yma: SUMAC. A fresh change. This editor loves to clue Singer Sumac a lot.
42D: Appoint: NOMINATE
48D: Flair: ELAN. Obama has plenty. Did you watch 60 minutes last night?
50D: Transport by truck: HAUL
53D: Stranger: ODDER
55D: Plane without a pilot: DRONE
58D: Lat. list-ender: ETAL (Single: et alibi, plural: et alii)
60D: For two, in music: A DUE. Never heard of it.
62D: Writer Wister: OWEN. Never read any of his books.
63D: Huff and puff: PANT
67D: Coach Parseghian: ARA. The "Era of Ara." Here in MN, we have our own Tubby Time. Go Gophers!
Please let me know if you spot any mistake. I am just terrible at spelling and very prone to typo. Thank you & have a wonderful week.
C. C.
Thank you so much. Who knows this stuff, i.e., satellite of Jupiter?
ReplyDeleteNevertheless, it was a fun puzzle.
Exactly.
ReplyDelete63 Moons for Jupiter, amazing. I wonder if they are all named after those Greek Goddesses.
C. C.
I don't come for clues, I like to read your comments about the puzzle. Is the theme published in your paper or do you devine it yourself? AVISO is a good one to learn - it comes up fairly often. 1A: Isn't Etta a "she?" Mr. Lucky was an early TV show. I guess I must be old if I remember it. Mrs. DALLOWAY was new to me. I first had CALLOWAY, but that didn't work with the down clue, so I had to change it. I heartily agree with your CASA comment. Wow, you're up early, according to the time stamp on your post!
ReplyDeleteHi crockett1947,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment. Our local newspaper (The Star Tribune) publishes the theme only on Sundays. For the rest of the week, I just try my best to figure out what themes are.
This crossword editor used to clue ETTA as Jazz Singer James, now Kett has taken over.
Calloway, isn't it the golf ball name? Wait...OK, it's Callaway.
I get up every morning after I hear the mailman arrives. Right now I have the enthusiasm of a new convert.
C. C.