Words: 70
Blocks: 28
Today's
puzzle was co-solved with my buddy Mike; we 'chilled' at the fire in
the backyard, then came in for the challenge. Triple stacks of 10- and
11-letters in a classic pinwheel, with some notables;
17A. Hard-hit line drive, in baseball lingo : FROZEN ROPE - perhaps fielded by 35D - anything to add, C.C.? (The hit goes like a straight frozen rope. Baseball has strange slang.)
13D. Sailboat configuration named for its resemblance to a radio antenna : MARCONI RIG - well, I went looking for a picture, and this is the best I could do
57A. Four-time LPGA Tour Player of the Year : NANCY LOPEZ - thanks, Mike; he's going golfing today, I have to work on the ramp again
26D. Makeup kit item : FACE SPONGE - AARGH~!!! We stared at this one too long; brush, lotion, scrub, cream....all too short
I am working on my 24th hour, so forgive me for being a bit messy and off the mark
Onward~!
ACROSS:
1. It's mounted at the X Games : SKATEBOARD - I just waited on this one; too late, or too early to be getting DF
11. Escutcheon depiction : ARMS - I am in carpentry mode; so this is not the escutcheon I was thinking of
15. One studying lines : PALM READER
16. Election prize : SEAT
18. Creature-feature prefix : WERE - Where wolf? There~! There wolf ~!!
19. Pigeon : SAP
20. These, to Thierry : CES - French
21. From what source : WHENCE
23. Giant star in three decades : OTT - crossword staple
24. Bake in milk, as potatoes : ESCALLOP - HEY~! Not "E-tail", E-zine", "E...."
26. River phenomenon : FALLS - Good one, Mike; wasn't thinking of falls as a part of a river, but then again, where else would it occur?
29. Egregious : APPALLING
30. Prosaic, as prose : ARID
31. Legree-like looks : SNEERS
32. Title for Doyle : SIR
33. Pallet units: Abbr. : CTNs - I see about 1000 every morning, and they ain't on a pallet
34. Mr. Rochester's ward : ADELE - and a clecho at 56A. Instructor of 34-Across : EYRE - from the book Jane Eyre
35. Handle for a razor : ATRA
36. Terrestrial wiggler : EFT
37. With some suspicions : WARILY
38. Eagles coach Andy : REID - Mike is from Philly, so a no-brainer for him
39. Disney's Maleficent, e.g. : SORCERESS - because PRINCESS didn't fit
41. Get stuck (in) : LODGE
42. Bar : PROHIBIT
43. "Stella by Starlight" lyricist Washington : NED
44. Red Cloud, notably : OGLALA - well, I knew we were looking for an American Indian, but I have never heard of this Sioux Nation sub-band
45. They're "easy to get but hard to keep": Mae West : MEN
46. NYSE watchdog : SEC - the Securities and Exchange Commission
49. Dick Van Patten's "Mama" role : NELS - before my time; got it thru perps
50. Extinct cat : SABER-TOOTH
54. Tests for prospective Ph.D. students : GREs - learning moment for me - the Wiki
55. Excessive : INORDINATE
DOWN:
1. Protection nos. : SPFs - From the sun, that is; Mike and I have the same skin and it comes in two colors; transparent, and red 2. Former "Idol" panelist DioGuardi : KARA 3. Cockeyed : ALOP - "A" well.... 4. Tabloid TV debut of 2007 : TMZ - not E-TV 5. Puts up : ERECTS - I am almost done erecting the ramp at the church 6. Either of two brothers with a Pulitzer Prize in poetry : BENET 7. Dory movers : OARS - "great, more boats..." - what movie? huh, huh? 8. Kerfuffle : ADO 9. Exercise unit : REP 10. "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" moderator : DREW CAREY 11. To boot : AS WELL 12. Said yes to another tour : REENLISTED 14. Road sign often including a percent symbol : STEEP GRADE  22. Dutch Golden Age painter : HALS (Frans) 23. Silhouette maker : OLDS 24. Olympian with a mask : EPEEIST - not enough to see 'epee' in crosswords, now we have the epee - ist 25. Breaks down, in a way : SPELLS - ah, I had SPOILS at first, but we're talking words, not food here 27. Bad pictures? : ART FORGERY - tried ART FILM --- at first 28. Valuable aid for a cat owner : LINT ROLLER 29. "War and Peace" prince : ANDREI 31. Coal-rich area at stake in the Treaty of Versailles : SAAR BASIN 35. Yanks' #13 : A-ROD 37. "The Need for Roots" author Simone : WEIL 40. Gliding dance step : CHASSE - More French(?), more Wiki 41. Soup bean : LENTIL 43. Uncool : NERDY 45. Soldier of fortune, briefly : MERCenary 46. __ dish : SOAP 47. Lay back? : ETTE - LAY-ette 48. Stylish eatery word : CHEZ 51. 2008 French Open winner Ivanovic : ANA 52. Nice approval : BON 53. Tokyo-born artist : ONO Splynter  |
