Theme: Cocktail Drops Drinks often call for Angostura bitters; today's puzzle calls for entries that can follow BITTER.
17A. *Totally, as sober : STONE COLD. Bitter cold.
21A. *Interior decorator's asset : GOOD TASTE. Bitter taste.
38A. *Facetious treatment suggestion to a bundle of nerves : CHILL PILL. Bitter pill.
59A. *Somewhat deceptive statement : HALF TRUTH. Bitter truth.
65A. Finale to fight to, and what 17-, 21-, 38- and 59-Across each literally has : BITTER END
Argyle here. No fight to the bitter end here. It all went well. I can't say that about last week. I liked seeing the overlapping entries. All in all, a good mix that should be an easy solve. Several partial clechos.
Across:
1. Home of Iowa State : AMES
5. Glasgow native : SCOT
9. Back-to-school mo. : SEPT.
13. First name in denim : LEVI. (Strauss)
14. Part of a.k.a. : ALSO
15. Butterlike spreads : OLEOs
19. "Help" signal fired from a gun : FLARE
20. Vivacity : ELAN
23. Maury of tabloid talk : POVICH. "We will have the test results at the end of the show."
25. Gal sib : SIS
26. Sharing word : OUR
27. Mined find : ORE
28. "Damn Yankees" vamp : LOLA. What she wants, she gets.
31. Safe and sound : SECURE
33. Cato's "to be" : ESSE
35. The Big Easy acronym : NOLA. (New Orleans, Louisiana)
37. Ran easily : LOPED
41. Youngest Obama : SASHA
44. Glasgow gal : LASS
45. 1998 Sarah McLachlan song : ADIA. Peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, 1998.
49. Busy in a cubicle : AT WORK
51. Something to keep under your hat? : HEAD. [ha, ha]
53. Mischievous kid : IMP
54. '70s radical org. : SLA. (Symbionese Liberation Army)
55. SSE or NNW : DIR. (direction)
57. "Pucker up!" : "KISS ME!"
63. Florist's container : VASE
64. China's Zhou __ : ENLAI
68. Thunder-and-lightning event : STORM. Catastrophic events of late.
69. Gaga over : INTO
70. Part of NIH: Abbr. : INST. (National Institutes of Health)
71. __ bit: slightly : A WEE. Little more of Glasgow.
72. Scruff of the neck : NAPE
73. Canonized mlles. : STEs. French saints.
Down:
1. Capp and Gore : ALs. Capp penned Li'l Abner.
2. Shooting stars : METEORs
3. Develops over time : EVOLVEs
4. Egypt's __ Peninsula, which borders Israel : SINAI
5. Anatomical pouch : SAC
6. Bathtub trouble : CLOG
7. Capital NNW of Copenhagen : OSLO
8. Hubbubs : TO-DOs
9. Subtle marketing technique : SOFT SELL
10. "Enchanted" title girl in a 2004 film : ELLA. "Ella Enchanted"
11. Dense fog metaphor : PEA SOUP
12. Agony : TORTURE
16. Get hot under the collar : SEE RED
18. Something besides the letter: Abbr. : ENCL. (enclosure)
22. Bad-mouth : DIS
23. American master of the macabre : POE or EAP, to some people.
24. Hägar and Helga's daughter : HONI. (l. to r.): Snert, Hamlet, Helga, Hägar, Honi, Kvack (save for future reference.)
29. Kick back : LOLL
30. Islamic deity : ALLAH
32. Coca-__ : COLA
34. Cave feedback : ECHO
36. Vaulted church area : APSE
39. Period in the pen, to a con : HARD TIME
40. "Out of Africa" novelist Dinesen : ISAK
41. Girl Scout accessories : SASHes
42. Home of Georgia Tech : ATLANTA
43. One of the birds that "come back to Capistrano," in song : SWALLOW
46. Voice an objection : DISSENT
47. Bigger than big : IMMENSE. Don't forget you can click on the pictures to see bigger results.
48. Chest-beating beast : APE
50. White wine apéritif : KIR. Blackcurrant liqueur topped up with white wine.
52. Plunge : DIVE
56. Apply during a massage : RUB IN
58. Bollywood wraps : SARIs
60. Bus rider's payment : FARE
61. Fey of "30 Rock" : TINA
62. Internet address letters : HTTP
66. From head to __ : TOE
67. Rehab woe : DTs
Argyle
Notes from C.C.:
I'd like to share with you a few photos from the third Minnesota Crossword Tournament held at The Landmark Center in Saint Paul yesterday. Those who missed the tournament should be able to buy the puzzles online for $5.
It's fun catching up with Tom Pepper, George Barany, David Hanson, David Liben-Nowell, Dan Kantor, Jay Kaskel, Michael David and our hard-working editor Victor Barocas. I was also delighted to finally introduce myself to the talented Andrew Ries. Also lovely to meet with Peter Broder (author of THE CROSS NERD blog). He traveled from Canada for the event.
We missed you, Andrea Carla Michaels! Wish Don G and Andy Kravis were here too.
Left to Right: Jay Kaskel, Tom Pepper, David Liben-Nowell & David Hanson (David H used "Rosebud" avatar and posted on our blog long long time ago). |
Left to Right: George Barany, Andrew Ries, David Liben-Nowell, C.C.,
Tom Pepper, Victor Barocas, David Hanson & Peter Broder
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Please click here for more constructor photos.
I watched Public Enemies long time ago. Don't remember the John Dillinger Minnesota tie at all. It turns out that his girlfriend Evelyn Frechette lived close by and was tried at The Landmark Center.