CAPTAIN'S LOG
STAR TREK: The Next Generation humor
Splynter here, coming to you from the Village of (which is better than just) Babylon, Long Island, NY - down here visiting my super-pooch buddy Cooper~! It would appear that this is Ricky J Sirois' debut for the LA Times - I see three of his puzzles in 'another' publication ;7)) Congratulations~! A quick and easy solve, with the rare black square to start us off at "1A." A handful of names, most of them not too obsure, no circles, more than double the # of 4LWs over 3LWs today, and only a couple of unique fills for the theme answers;
16. Battle over a board: CHESS MATCH
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Check - that's a "mate" for me - I'd be game to play her in chess, mate
24. "Peyton Place" and "Diamonds Are Forever" actress: LANA WOOD - I have seen the James Bond movie - not the best 007 of the franchise, IMO - where she plays "Plenty O'Toole; the names they used in those films.... anyway, Peyton Place is before my time - Her IMDb
The show's Wiki
37. Semester-long writing assignment: TERM PAPER - never had to do one
53. Film hitman played by Keanu Reeves: JOHN WICK - whenever a "John Wick" movie is playing on TV, my brother and I will text each other
Mostly gratuitous violence, but I will stay tuned and watch
63. Place for a nonurgent issue, and what can be found at the end of 16-, 24-, 37-, or 53- Across?: BACK BURNER - each theme answer has something to "burn" at the end, or, "back"
And Away We Go~!
ACROSS:
1. Home of the Colosseum: ROME - and now you can have one of your very own, in LEGO~!
9,036 pieces, about $1799 - that's 19￠a piece . . . .
5. Muffin fiber: BRAN - I prefer my "fiber" to be chocolate and/or chocolate chip - I had chocolate chip cream cheese on my egg everything bagel Sunday - and it was good
9. Actor Omar: EPPS - name #1, in crosswords all the time
13. Cut off: SEVER
14. In __ parentis: LOCO - not "crazy", but in "place" of an adult/teacher, though it might be hard to tell the difference . . . . last week my ex-wife sent me a friend request on Facebook - crazy.
15. "Star Wars" heroine: LEIA - name #2
ah, the stuggles of being a parent....
18. Performed at a karaoke party: SANG - I need to find a place to do some karaoke
19. Broadcasts: AIRS
20. Super-: UBER - the prefix, not the taxi service seen Monday
21. Pt. of some school names: TECH- I attended Rensselaer PolyTECHnical Institute up in Troy, NY, for one unpleasant semester; then Island Drafting and TECHnical Institute in Amityville on Long Island some 15 years later
22. Places for plugs: DRAINS - think sinks & tubs, not ads & ears😜
27. Filming location: SET - here's me "on set" back in 1997 making stones from chunks of foam
28. "__ go time!": "IT'S"
Hey, John Wick is on . . .
30. Sigh, say: EXHALE - I am House/Dog/Cat/Fish-sitting for my brother and his new wife as they are on their honeymoon down at Cape May for the week; they are active THC 'consumers', and I discovered "instructions" on one of the "products" label;
Really~?!?!
31. School administrator: DEAN - don't let them catch you with that joint~!
33. Tiny bit: IOTA - I used to 'inhale', but just a tiny bit...
36. Summers on the Seine: ETES - Did you know that estivate is the opposite of hibernate~? I'd do it every summer if I could get away with it
40. Be rife (with): TEEM
43. Bump from office: OUST
44. Baseball feature: SEAM
47. __ film: ACTION - Hey, John Wick is on . . .
49. Apropos: APT
51. Plead: BEG
56. Dog star: LASSIE - not "Sirius" - name(ish)
Aye, there's a pretty lassie - Paul Kelley, The Gallerist
58. Shift key toggle: CASE - as in UPPER and lower
59. Increase: RISE
61. 17-time WWE champion: CENA - crossword staple, name #4
His Wiki
62. Spa treatment, for short: MANIcure - also becoming a crossword staple
65. Yankee nickname of the 2000s: A-ROD - name(ish) - Alex Rodriguez
66. Paul who wrote the lyrics to "My Way": ANKA - name #6, but I knew this one
67. Burlap bags: SACKS
68. Land in the sea: ISLE
69. Home for a heron: NEST
70. Fencing blade: ÉPÉE
DOWN:
1. Brought back on board: REHIRED
2. Took in too much: OVERATE - not over-rate
3. World Cup superstar Lionel: MESSI- name #7
4. Hosp. areas: ERs
5. Squeal: BLAB
6. Canned brand often used in chili con queso: RO✯TEL - filled via perps, but I see this at my Big Y
7. Ghana's capital: ACCRA - geographic name(ish)
8. Japanese drama: NOH - I know noh, but it doesn't stay in my head
9. Some other place: ELSEWHERE - meanwhile, back on planet Earth . . .
10. Woolen outer layer: PEACOAT
11. Small puncture: PINHOLE
12. Droop: SAG
13. Oodles: SCADS
17. "You __ be joking": "MUST"
21. Price addition: TAX
23. Cloud __: NINE - My buddy Cooper was on Cloud Nine when we went to the park
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That's mybrother trying to get Cooper to sit before the ball toss
25. Kind of tide: NEAP
26. __ Moines, Iowa: DES - geographical name #2
29. Liu of "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings": SIMU - Ah. Not "Lucy" - his IMDb, name #9
32. Sign at a convenience store: ATM INSIDE - good fill
34. Curtailed missions?: OPS - 'shortened' OPerationS
35. "Bye-bye!": "TA-TA~!"
38. Rice-A-__: RONI - found not far from the RO-TEL, usually
39. Spanish "this": ESTA
40. Blues guitarist __ Mahal: TAJ - not much difference between the place or the person, IMO - his Wiki - name #10
41. Green vehicles: ECO-CARS - meh. I had HYBRIDS first
42. Gas additive: ETHANOL - usually 10%, and isn't good for small engines, like snowblowers and lawn mowers - so I have been told
45. Attendance record spoiler: ABSENCE
46. "Trust your keys with ... " car care chain: MEINEKE - I know this brand, but I don't recall this catch-phrase from the ads
48. Be in debt: OWE
50. Commoner: PLEB - seen it before in crosswords
52. Clock innards: GEARS
54. Origami figure: CRANE - I made a squirrel a couple of months back, left it in the "Art Box" that's in front of a house on my morning walks - I have left other creations in there before, too - and we have a "library" that's similar to the Art Box around the way in another part of the neighbothood, as well.
55. Shoes, casually: KICKS
Some zip-up, high-heel, high-top "kicks"
57. Consign to the dustbin: SCRAP
60. Three-player card game: SKAT
62. "Heart on My Sleeve" singer Ella __: MAI - no clue, filled via perps, name #11 - more here
63. Block: BAN- had to wait to see if it was baN or baR
64. Purpose: USE - Dah~! Not AIM
Splynter
Hey, John Wick is on . . . .
3 comments:
After I solved the puzzle,
I went back and saw all the items that made the reveal make sense. I thought it was pretty clever. Anyway, FIR, so I’m happy.
Good morning!
Only ROTEL, LANA, and SIMU required perp help this morning. Forgot to look for the theme. Again. PEACOAT was the only part of my Navy uniform that I kept. Donated it when we moved to Texas -- weather's not cold enough for a peacoat. Enjoyed the outing, Ricky, and your leggy expo, Splynter. (This isn't Ricky's LAT debut.)
FIW, missing with UsER x BLAs. I may not understand the science of cluing. I thought "super-" meant the fill was an adjunct, not a replacement, for "super." Unless there is a super-UBER, in which case I need to get out more. My only erasure was sirius for LASSIE.
Had to wait for MANI/pedi and bar/BAN.
I never joke about my work, 007 is my stock answer when someone says to me "you MUST be joking."
A young man had a date with his steady for their first prom. Just in case everything went exceptionally well, he stopped by the local pharmacy to buy some family planning devices. At the register, the clerk rang him up and said "that'll be $5.35, please." The young man said "but the tag said $5.00. What's the 35 cents for?" "TAX" said the clerk. Taken aback, the young man gasped and said "Tacks? I thought they stayed on by themselves!"
Thanks to Ricky for the fun, mostly easy humpday special. And thanks to Splynter for another great review, plus the bonus leg shots.
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