Theme: Do En Do Do - Clip(3:05) I hope it shines on all of you.
17A. Hexes : PUTS UNDER A SPELL
27A. Surprised party, metaphorically : MONKEY'S UNCLE
44A. Destination not yet determined : PARTS UNKNOWN
58A. Beatles song, and a hint to the hidden word in 17-, 27- and 44-Across : "HERE COMES THE SUN"
Argyle here with your earworm for a Monday. I believe this is our constructor's first LAT puzzle. She has collaborated with Andrea Carla Michaels on several other puzzles and Andrea had her own solo effort here last September. Two full length themes anchor the grid firmly and aside from a shortstop, the fill is pleasant.
Across:
1. Thumbs-way-up reviews : RAVES. "Have you ever been to a rave?" (quote from a really strange PSA.)
6. Knocks with one's knuckles : RAPS
10. Not feral : TAME
14. Low-budget, in company names : ECONO
15. Happily __ after : EVER
16. October birthstone : OPAL
20. Dined : ATE
21. Twosome : PAIR
22. Heart chambers : ATRIA
23. Positive thinker's assertion : "YES I CAN!"
25. Cleopatra's river : NILE
32. Beelzebub : SATAN
35. Oboe or bassoon : REED
36. Baled grass : HAY
37. "Jurassic Park" terror, for short : T-REX
38. Meanspiritedness : SPITE
40. Home plate, e.g. : BASE
41. Above, in verse : O'ER
42. Apple computer : IMAC
43. Showed on television : AIRED
48. Detest : HATE
49. Oscar-winning film about Mozart : "AMADEUS"
53. End of __ : AN ERA
56. Yard sale warning : AS IS
57. British mil. award : DSO. Distinguished Service Order.
62. Opera solo : ARIA
63. Like a steak with a red center : RARE
64. "That is to say ..." : "I MEAN ..."
65. Double O Seven : BOND, James BOND.
66. "P.U.!" inducer : ODOR
67. Willy-__: sloppily : NILLY
Down:
1. Satisfy, as a loan : REPAY
2. Like most triangle angles : ACUTE. (less than 90°)
3. Chooses at the polls : VOTES
4. USNA grad : ENS.ign
5. Slight trace : SOUPÇON. Origin: 1760–70; < French: a suspicion, Middle French sospeçon < Late Latin suspectiōn- (stem of suspectiō ), for Latin suspīciō suspicion. What is that little mark under the C? Cedilla, a character ( ¸ ) placed underneath a c before a, o, or u, esp in French, Portuguese, or Catalan, denoting that it is to be pronounced (s), not (k). The same character is used in the scripts of other languages, as in Turkish under s
6. Symbol of financial losses : RED INK
7. State firmly : AVER
8. For each : PER
9. Málaga Mrs. : SRA. Map of Spain showing Málaga.
10. Best-seller list : TOP TEN
11. Mimic : APER
12. West African country : MALI
13. Jazzy Fitzgerald : ELLA
18. Indian bread : NAAN
19. "To your health," to José : "¡SALUD!"
24. Big-screen format : IMAX. No connection to 42-Across : IMAC
25. Russian rejection : NYET
26. "That's clear now" : "I SEE"
28. Angels shortstop Aybar : ERICK. This guy.
29. Sear : CHAR
30. Operate with a beam : LASE
31. Kept in view : EYED
32. Halt : STOP
33. Zone : AREA
34. Alaska, once: Abbr. : TERR.
38. Obscene material : SMUT
39. Glazier's fitting : PANE. (window)
40. Tough spot : BIND
42. Newton or Stern : ISAAC
43. Inundated with : AWASH IN
45. Needle's partner : THREAD
46. Sadat's predecessor : NASSER. He was the leader of a successful military coup to depose King Farouk in 1952. Nasser became the president of Egypt in 1956 and remained president until his death in 1970.
47. Leave out : OMIT
50. '50s Ford flop : EDSEL
51. Typical : USUAL
52. Hot-headed Corleone brother in "The Godfather" : SONNY
53. Moby Dick chaser : AHAB
54. Fiddling emperor : NERO
55. "__ Brockovich" : ERIN. "Erin Brockovich" is a 2000 biographical film directed by Steven Soderbergh. Julia Roberts won the Academy Award, Golden Globe, Screen Actors' Guild Award and BAFTA for Best Actress
56. Flying prefix : AERO
59. Gold, in Granada : ORO
60. Insane : MAD
61. Record label initials across the pond : EMI. (Electric and Musical Industries)
Argyle
Note from C.C.:
JD and her family went to San Diego to celebrate her birthday last Saturday (Jan 14). Here is a beautiful picture of the happy family. Let's see if I get the order right.
Back row from left to right: Bob (JD's husband), JD, Shelby (JD's oldest daughter) and Shelby's husband Joe, who is holding their handsome son Cameron.
Front row from left to right: Derek (Corie's husband, a Welsh) and son Grady, Corie (JD's younger daughter) is holding her son Truman. Grady is Truman's little brother.
JD said "We saw the zoo on Fri. Sea World on Sat and the Safari Park on Sunday. It was my best birthday ever, and we didn't even have time for cake."
Note from C.C.:
JD and her family went to San Diego to celebrate her birthday last Saturday (Jan 14). Here is a beautiful picture of the happy family. Let's see if I get the order right.
Back row from left to right: Bob (JD's husband), JD, Shelby (JD's oldest daughter) and Shelby's husband Joe, who is holding their handsome son Cameron.
Front row from left to right: Derek (Corie's husband, a Welsh) and son Grady, Corie (JD's younger daughter) is holding her son Truman. Grady is Truman's little brother.
JD said "We saw the zoo on Fri. Sea World on Sat and the Safari Park on Sunday. It was my best birthday ever, and we didn't even have time for cake."
