Theme: Quip
17A: Start of a quip: A Ring on the
33A: Part 2 of quip: Finger is
46A: Part 3 of quip: Worth two
66A: End of quip: On the phone
It's a popular song in the 1910s. Look at the sheet cover. So Daisy & Gatsby-ish.
OK, the productive Mr. Olschwang and his quip again. In my mind, I picture Mr. Olschwang to be an old, retired English professor, wearing a pair of thick glasses and carrying a well-worn dictionary of quotations whenever he goes. Seriously, all his puzzles seem to be quotes/quips.
I had problems right off the bat. I had no idea what is 4D: Line dance (CONGA). I forgot the word ERG for 5D: Unit of work. I did not know what is "fer", so I could not figure out what is Not "fer". I decided AGIR sounded as great as "fer", after filling in DARN (instead of DANG) for 20A: Mild expletive.
The rest was a smooth sailing though. I enjoyed the MISO soup and PITA bread. I liked how FINGERIS intersects with GEMSTONES.
Here are the across entries:
1A: Sugar-coated: GLACÉ
6A: Part of a traffic trio: STOP
10A: Algonquian language: CREE. Learned this from doing crossword.
14A: Severity: RIGOR
16A: Resistance units: OHMS. Named after the German physicist Georg Simon Ohm.
19A: Corn holders: COBS
20A: Exemplar: IDEAL
22A: Patella's place: KNEE
23A: City in GA: ATL (Atlanta)
25A: Lip curlers: SNEERERS. I am not fond of the clue or the answer.
27A: Doc's org.: AMA (American Medical Association)
30A: Cut with an ax: HEW
32A: Bond foe: DR. NO. Put Casino Royale on your Netflix queue if you have not seen it. You will love Daniel Craig.
36A: Clip alternative: STAPLE
40A: Grant of TV: ASNER (Ed). Lou Grant.
43A: More glacial: ICIER
44A: Nomad: ROAMER
48A: Andrews movie: STAR. Never seen this Julie Andrews movie.
50A: Snakelike fish: EEL. How many ways can you clue EEL?
51A: Commercial bits: ADS
52A: Finished putting on, as a blouse: BUTTONED
56A: NASA vehicle: LEM (Lunar Excursion Module)
58A: Miscellany: OLIO (Can also be clued as Stew)
59A: Shoot from hiding: SNIPE
61A: Becomes mellower: AGES
65A: Son of Judah: ONAN
69A: Deal (out): METE
70A: Libreville's country: GABON. Got from the down clues. Libreville's is the capital of GABON.
71A: Mmes. of Madrid: SRAS
72A: Load, as cargo: STOW
73A: Elite social category: A LIST. Add Diablo Cody (Juno) to this list. I like her.
Down entries:
1D: Alum: GRAD
2D: Former Italian bread: LIRA. Sometimes it's LIRE.
3D: Not "fer": AGIN. For and Against. Hillbilly slang. I never heard anyone speaks this way.
5D: Unit of work: ERG. From Greek Ergon (work). Here is the definition: "The centimeter-gram-second unit of energy or work equal to the work done by a force of one dyne acting over a distance of one centimeter.".
6D: Dune material: SAND. Oh, I love Dune perfume. Never tried Sand though.
7D: Lugs: TOTES
8D: Readily available: ON HAND
9D: Kitchen implements: PEELER
10D: Domestic pest: COCKROACH
11D: River to the Golf of Lion: RHONE
12D: Fire remnant: EMBER
13D: Back-and-forth curves: ESSES
18D: Edmonton hockey player: OILERS. Gimme. My husband used to own several Wayne Gretzky's rookie cards, but he traded them for some baseball cards long time ago. He is ruing every day now. (Update: My husband just corrected me. He said he sold, not traded, the Gretzky cards. He sold 10 of them to a guy for a total of $25. Now they are worth $400 each).
24D: To this, that or it: THERETO
26D: Give a right: ENTITLE
28D: Sushi bar soup: MISO. I like red miso.
29D: "The King and I" heroine: ANNA
34D: Ritzy rocks: GEMSTONES
35D: Stye dweller: SOW. My mind was fixed on Pig and Hog.
37D: Gyro bread: PITA
38D: Obscene: LEWD
39D: Love god: EROS. Greek God of love, the Roman love God is Cupid.
45D: Payments for release: RANSOMS
47D: CSA commander: R. E. LEE, General of the CSA (Confederate States of America).
49D: Milk curdler: RENNET. Did not know this word. Got it from across clue.
52D: Ill-mannered individuals: BOORS
53D: Of an arm bone: ULNAR
54D: Small crown: TIARA
55D: Same here: DITTO
57D: Taj ___: MAHAL. You've got to remember its locale AGRA.
60D: Comment after a close call: PHEW
62D: Mongolian desert: GOBI. Look at this map, Gobi Desert covers a very large region of North China. I really like it to be clued as Asian desert.
63D: Adam's grandson: ENOS. Also Slaughter of Cooperstown.
67D: Links org: PGA. I've never played in a real links golf course.
Oh, one more thing, on Tuesday Feb 26, mkatesq posted this comment regarding EWOK: "I was told just last week that they weren't even in the Star Wars books, but were created just for the movie (Return of the Jedi) to give the movie a hook. Does anyone know if there is truth to that?"
Can anyone answer this question please?
Thank you and have a great day.
C. C.
17A: Start of a quip: A Ring on the
33A: Part 2 of quip: Finger is
46A: Part 3 of quip: Worth two
66A: End of quip: On the phone
It's a popular song in the 1910s. Look at the sheet cover. So Daisy & Gatsby-ish.
OK, the productive Mr. Olschwang and his quip again. In my mind, I picture Mr. Olschwang to be an old, retired English professor, wearing a pair of thick glasses and carrying a well-worn dictionary of quotations whenever he goes. Seriously, all his puzzles seem to be quotes/quips.
I had problems right off the bat. I had no idea what is 4D: Line dance (CONGA). I forgot the word ERG for 5D: Unit of work. I did not know what is "fer", so I could not figure out what is Not "fer". I decided AGIR sounded as great as "fer", after filling in DARN (instead of DANG) for 20A: Mild expletive.
The rest was a smooth sailing though. I enjoyed the MISO soup and PITA bread. I liked how FINGERIS intersects with GEMSTONES.
Here are the across entries:
1A: Sugar-coated: GLACÉ
6A: Part of a traffic trio: STOP
10A: Algonquian language: CREE. Learned this from doing crossword.
14A: Severity: RIGOR
16A: Resistance units: OHMS. Named after the German physicist Georg Simon Ohm.
19A: Corn holders: COBS
20A: Exemplar: IDEAL
22A: Patella's place: KNEE
23A: City in GA: ATL (Atlanta)
25A: Lip curlers: SNEERERS. I am not fond of the clue or the answer.
27A: Doc's org.: AMA (American Medical Association)
30A: Cut with an ax: HEW
32A: Bond foe: DR. NO. Put Casino Royale on your Netflix queue if you have not seen it. You will love Daniel Craig.
36A: Clip alternative: STAPLE
40A: Grant of TV: ASNER (Ed). Lou Grant.
43A: More glacial: ICIER
44A: Nomad: ROAMER
48A: Andrews movie: STAR. Never seen this Julie Andrews movie.
50A: Snakelike fish: EEL. How many ways can you clue EEL?
51A: Commercial bits: ADS
52A: Finished putting on, as a blouse: BUTTONED
56A: NASA vehicle: LEM (Lunar Excursion Module)
58A: Miscellany: OLIO (Can also be clued as Stew)
59A: Shoot from hiding: SNIPE
61A: Becomes mellower: AGES
65A: Son of Judah: ONAN
69A: Deal (out): METE
70A: Libreville's country: GABON. Got from the down clues. Libreville's is the capital of GABON.
71A: Mmes. of Madrid: SRAS
72A: Load, as cargo: STOW
73A: Elite social category: A LIST. Add Diablo Cody (Juno) to this list. I like her.
Down entries:
1D: Alum: GRAD
2D: Former Italian bread: LIRA. Sometimes it's LIRE.
3D: Not "fer": AGIN. For and Against. Hillbilly slang. I never heard anyone speaks this way.
5D: Unit of work: ERG. From Greek Ergon (work). Here is the definition: "The centimeter-gram-second unit of energy or work equal to the work done by a force of one dyne acting over a distance of one centimeter.".
6D: Dune material: SAND. Oh, I love Dune perfume. Never tried Sand though.
7D: Lugs: TOTES
8D: Readily available: ON HAND
9D: Kitchen implements: PEELER
10D: Domestic pest: COCKROACH
11D: River to the Golf of Lion: RHONE
12D: Fire remnant: EMBER
13D: Back-and-forth curves: ESSES
18D: Edmonton hockey player: OILERS. Gimme. My husband used to own several Wayne Gretzky's rookie cards, but he traded them for some baseball cards long time ago. He is ruing every day now. (Update: My husband just corrected me. He said he sold, not traded, the Gretzky cards. He sold 10 of them to a guy for a total of $25. Now they are worth $400 each).
24D: To this, that or it: THERETO
26D: Give a right: ENTITLE
28D: Sushi bar soup: MISO. I like red miso.
29D: "The King and I" heroine: ANNA
34D: Ritzy rocks: GEMSTONES
35D: Stye dweller: SOW. My mind was fixed on Pig and Hog.
37D: Gyro bread: PITA
38D: Obscene: LEWD
39D: Love god: EROS. Greek God of love, the Roman love God is Cupid.
45D: Payments for release: RANSOMS
47D: CSA commander: R. E. LEE, General of the CSA (Confederate States of America).
49D: Milk curdler: RENNET. Did not know this word. Got it from across clue.
52D: Ill-mannered individuals: BOORS
53D: Of an arm bone: ULNAR
54D: Small crown: TIARA
55D: Same here: DITTO
57D: Taj ___: MAHAL. You've got to remember its locale AGRA.
60D: Comment after a close call: PHEW
62D: Mongolian desert: GOBI. Look at this map, Gobi Desert covers a very large region of North China. I really like it to be clued as Asian desert.
63D: Adam's grandson: ENOS. Also Slaughter of Cooperstown.
67D: Links org: PGA. I've never played in a real links golf course.
Oh, one more thing, on Tuesday Feb 26, mkatesq posted this comment regarding EWOK: "I was told just last week that they weren't even in the Star Wars books, but were created just for the movie (Return of the Jedi) to give the movie a hook. Does anyone know if there is truth to that?"
Can anyone answer this question please?
Thank you and have a great day.
C. C.
