Pocket Money
Good day Cornerites! Today, Scott & Katherine give us some things you can scratch. Let's take a look...17. Old 45, perhaps: VINYL RECORD. Run DMC talked about doing Walk this Way w/ Aerosmith. They had no idea who Aerosmith was except it was the scratch on Track 4 of that Toys in the Attic album which all street rappers used. Here's a 45 where the B-side is the bigger hit -- it better not be scratched...
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| A-Side | B-Side |
24. Hiker's annoyance: INSECT BITE. Those make ya' scratch.
35. Lucky purchase, one hopes: LOTTERY TICKET. The Big Money!
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| We had LOTERIA in my last Tuesday expo |
48. Yen for adventure: TRAVEL ITCH. If you've got the time & scratch, scratch that itch.
57. "Never mind!," or what could be said about 17-, 24-, 35-, or 48-Across: SCRATCH THAT.
Close enough.
Across:
1. "Heated Rivalry" co-star Williams: HUDSON. A TV show of two hockey players on rival teams hiding their romance. Heard of it but never seen it.7. Mountain goat with long horns: IBEX.
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| Alpine ibex |
11. Pigpen: STY.
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| No. This is Pig-Pen |
14. Boxer's punch combo: ONE-TWO.
15. The whole __ yards: NINE. Here's Words Unravelled on idioms. //Listen long enough and you'll hear our sports BAGEL explanation.
16. Red letters?: IOU. An "I Owe You" means you're in the red.
17. [See: Theme]
19. Male turkey: TOM.
20. Dark deeds: EVILS.
21. Oscar winner Malek: RAMI. I liked him best in the first season of Mr. Robot.
22. Population fig., often: EST. An ESTimate.
23. Hard to track down: RARE.
24. [See: Theme]
27. Put points on the board: SCORED.
29. African American folk magic: HOODOO.
I had to check to see if Harvey Korman said Hoodoo or Voodoo.
30. More than wants: NEEDS. OK, I NEEDed to check Korman's words ;-)
34. Preppy tops: POLOS.
35. [See: Theme]
39. Sherri's twin on "The Simpsons": TERRI.
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| The Twins |
40. "Stuart Little" actress Davis: GEENA.
41. Writer/editor Dave who founded McSweeney's Publishing: EGGERS.
43. X-ray follow-up, perhaps: CT SCAN. A Computed Tomography SCAN.
48. [See: Theme]
52. "__ from New York ... !": LIVE. Chevy Chase first said it back in '75.
Reminiscent of Python's
Hungarian Phrase Book Sketch.
53. Singer DiFranco: ANI.
54. "__ not see that coming": I DID.
55. Desert refuge: OASIS.
56. Game system with Nunchuk controllers: WII.
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| We have a Wii; haven't used it in years. |
57. [See: Theme]
59. Braying animal: ASS.
60. Person named in a will: HEIR.
61. Orange snack puff: CHEETO.
62. Emerald or ruby: GEM.
63. Greek peak: OSSA. Oh, not a look [peek] under the toga but...
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| this kinda peak. |
64. Female sibling: SISTER. As you're reading this, I'm with one of mine in Dallas.
Down:
1. Watches overprotectively: HOVERS.2. Pioneering mainframe: UNIVAC. What?!? A singular VACuum tube? Counts to one, does it? ;-)
3. Robert of "Killers of the Flower Moon": DENIRO. I know who DeNiro is but not in this context. After reading the WikiP, I should probably see the movie.
4. Salon tool: STYLER.
5. Hooting birds: OWLS.
6. Neither partner: NOR.
7. Native Peruvians: INCAS.
8. Ecosystem: BIOME.
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| Caution, Here Be [36d] ORGANISMS. |
9. Make more nutritious, say: ENRICH.
10. Crossed through, with "out": X-ED.
11. Stands by: SITS IDLE.
12. Sound from a choo choo train: TOOT TOOT.
13. "Delish!": YUM. Where's the -mers? Oh, that's right, Hahtoolah will be back soon w/ her yummers :-)
18. Directional ending: ERN. NortherERN, SouthERN, et.al.
22. Kindle unit: E-BOOK.
24. Notion, in French: IDEE. French idea.
25. Hanna-Barbera feline who hatched schemes in an alley: TOP CAT.
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| He's the one with the tennis banjo |
26. Greek goddess of the dawn: EOS.
28. Whole: ENTIRE.
31. Rowing machine, colloquially: ERG.
32. Henna, for one: DYE.
33. Fr. holy woman: STE. French Saint.
35. Core-engaging exercise: LEG RAISE.
36. Living creature: ORGANISM.
RUSH's Natural Science w/ Anika.
(Song addresses organisms in a tide pool so that counts, right?)
37. Rome's __ Fountain: TREVI.
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| If you're a bit peckish, there's a gelato joint on your left. |
38. Creep (along): INCH.
39. Vietnamese New Year: TET.
42. Pie servings: SLICES.
44. Lists of candidates: SLATES.
45. Non-LGBTQ+ portmanteau: CIS/HET. A cisgender and heterosexual individual.
46. Fly a plane: AVIATE.
47. "The Morning Show" actor Carbonell: NESTOR.
49. Actor Elba: IDRIS.
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| There you go, ladies ;-) |
50. Small crown: TIARA.
51. Chi. summer hrs.: CDT. Central Daylight Time. Aka, UTC-5.
55. "Fancy meeting you here!": OH HI.
56. Move like a happy pooch's tail: WAG.
57. "Dexter: Resurrection" airer, for short: SHO. HBO's rival SHOtime
58. Includes on an email: CCS. Carbon CopieS - An anachronistic way of saying "also informed."
The Grid:
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| The Grid |
WO: TOP kAT (thought it was spelt like Krazy Kat)
ESP: HUDSON
Fav: I liked UNIVAC, the successor to ENIAC. Anyone remember Asimov's SciFi Multivac?
I'm in Dallas w/ Eldest and the oldest of my littles Bro & Sis. #RUSH goes down tonight!
Cheers, -T
Starting off with crossing
ReplyDeletetwo proper names did not bode well for the solving of this puzzle, but the rest of it wasn’t terribly difficult.
FIR, so I’m happy.