Words: 68 (missing J,Q,X,Z)
Blocks: 31
Today's offering actually seemed better than the DNF I had yesterday
(NE corner remained blank). I have to say, I did use red-letter help in
the Mid-West to solve Mr. Wilber's solo effort, but only because of a
foreign word, a nick-name and an acronym I was not familiar with.
Something new in the grid - stair-stacked triple 10's off-center, to go
with two 10-letter climbers and the usual triples in the corners. Some
fill from today:
20A. Herodotus and Thucydides, for two : HISTORIANS - I was thinking they might be Titans or Greek Islands, but it's really these Greek guys
45A. Homemade defense against a mind-control ray : TIN FOIL HAT - nailed it - such a great visual