Theme: Have you seen my... - Three common phrases start with a word that may indicate, say, our car keys when we are in a hurry.
20A. Daydreaming: LOST IN THOUGHT
36A. Failing to grasp a key element: MISSING THE POINT
52A. Not expected back at work until tomorrow: GONE FOR THE DAY
Argyle here.
A compact Monday puzzle from our editor. Samantha Wine is an anagram of "What's in a name?").
Simple theme. Lively theme answers, none of which have been used in any major newspaper puzzle before. The sparse theme entries allow Rich to place 20 six-letter or more non-theme fill, including a wonderful BAILOUTS.
A bit harder than usual, perhaps.
Across:
1. Persian Gulf emirate : DUBAI. A small nation with a big footprint.
6. Aptly named novelist : READE. Charles Reade (1814 - 1884) was an English novelist and dramatist, best known for The Cloister and the Hearth. I must have missed that one.
11. Check for drinks : TAB. Goes well with 38D "Drinks are on yours truly" : "I'M BUYING"
14. Rocket scientist Wernher von __ : BRAUN. We had Eva Braun yesterday.
15. Use for dinner, as dishes : EAT ON
16. Realm from 800-1806: Abbr. : HRE. The Holy Roman Empire (HRE). The first Holy Roman Emperor is generally considered to have been Otto I, King of Germany. Charlemagne, crowned Emperor of the Romans in 800, was the forerunner of the Holy Roman Empire, largely because he had inaugurated the tradition of imperial coronation by the Pope.
17. Jazzy O'Day : ANITA. Singing Ain't Misbehavin'.
18. On the __: broken : FRITZ. Origin unknown.
19. Approx. landing hr. : ETA
23. More intimate : CLOSER
25. __-mutuel: type of betting : PARI
26. Funny Costello : LOU. Partnered with Bud Abbott.
27. Abel's slayer : CAIN
30. Tsar or emperor : DESPOT. It doesn't mean tyrant, necessarily.
32. It follows the overture : ACT I
34. Pressed for time : IN A RUSH
41. Conceived of : IDEATED, Didn't need to see this word again.
42. IRS agent : T-MAN
43. What ballerinas dance on : TIPTOE
46. Slangy agreement : YEAH
48. HVAC measure : BTU. British Thermal Unit (BTU or Btu)
49. Utah city near Provo : OREM
50. Uproar : TUMULT. Taken straight from Latin
58. Econ. yardstick : GNP. Gross National Product
59. Nebraska city : OMAHA
60. Tee shot : DRIVE. Golf.
63. Mauna __ : LOA. Active volcano on the island of Hawaii.
64. Lees competitor : LEVIS
65. Ocean ship : LINER
66. Bigger picture: Abbr. : ENL.
67. Kosher deli offering : KNISH. Knish Nosh.
68. Sharp-eyed bird : EAGLE
Down:
1. Trade name abbr. : DBA. Doing Business As.
2. Caterer's vessel : URN
3. Controversial financial rescues : BAILOUTS
4. Cars : AUTOS
5. "Be right there!" : "IN A SEC!"
6. Get a better int. rate, probably : REFI. Refinancing.
7. Make on the job : EARN
8. Working busily : AT IT
9. "The lady __ protest too much": "Hamlet" : DOTH. We had DOST yesterday.
10. Automaker Ferrari : ENZO
11. Store to "fall into," in old ads : THE GAP. Can you buy both Levis and Lees there?
12. Prefix with -scopic : ARTHRO. And often followed by surgery.
13. "Scram!" : "BEAT IT!"
21. New employee : TRAINEE
22. End result : UPSHOT. 1531; originally, the final shot in an archery match, hence sense of "result, issue, conclusion" (1604).
23. Littleneck, e.g. : CLAM
24. Centers of activity : LOCI. Plural of locus, (in many legal phrases) a place or area, esp the place where something occurred.
28. Actress Swenson : INGA. She was on the TV show, "Benson". She is the one standing behind Benson(Robert Guillaume), on the left. Image.
29. Smartly dressed : NATTY
30. Obstetrician's calculation : DUE DATE
31. Psychic's asset, for short : ESP
33. "Surely I'm not the only one?!" : "IS IT ME?"
35. South Korea's first president : RHEE. Syngman Rhee (1875 – 1965) was President from 1948 to 1960.
37. Altar promise : "I DO"
39. MLB league : NATL.
40. Letter-shaped fastener : T-NUT. An image of one style of T-nut.
43. Flip back and forth, as an on-off switch : TOGGLE
44. Like some denim patches : IRON-ON. Hell, now days, they are ripped on purpose!
45. Letter-writing friend : PEN PAL
47. Circular gridiron gathering : HUDDLE
51. "West Side Story" heroine : MARIA
53. Music genre that experienced a '50s-'60s revival : FOLK
54. Sign of the future : OMEN
55. Sitarist Shankar : RAVI
56. That's partner : THIS. This and that.
57. Corned beef dish : HASH
61. Commercial prefix with -cro : VEL
62. Prior to : ERE. Ere there was Vel-Cro, there was Duct Tape.
Answer grid.
Argyle
20A. Daydreaming: LOST IN THOUGHT
36A. Failing to grasp a key element: MISSING THE POINT
52A. Not expected back at work until tomorrow: GONE FOR THE DAY
Argyle here.
A compact Monday puzzle from our editor. Samantha Wine is an anagram of "What's in a name?").
Simple theme. Lively theme answers, none of which have been used in any major newspaper puzzle before. The sparse theme entries allow Rich to place 20 six-letter or more non-theme fill, including a wonderful BAILOUTS.
A bit harder than usual, perhaps.
Across:
1. Persian Gulf emirate : DUBAI. A small nation with a big footprint.
6. Aptly named novelist : READE. Charles Reade (1814 - 1884) was an English novelist and dramatist, best known for The Cloister and the Hearth. I must have missed that one.
11. Check for drinks : TAB. Goes well with 38D "Drinks are on yours truly" : "I'M BUYING"
14. Rocket scientist Wernher von __ : BRAUN. We had Eva Braun yesterday.
15. Use for dinner, as dishes : EAT ON
16. Realm from 800-1806: Abbr. : HRE. The Holy Roman Empire (HRE). The first Holy Roman Emperor is generally considered to have been Otto I, King of Germany. Charlemagne, crowned Emperor of the Romans in 800, was the forerunner of the Holy Roman Empire, largely because he had inaugurated the tradition of imperial coronation by the Pope.
17. Jazzy O'Day : ANITA. Singing Ain't Misbehavin'.
18. On the __: broken : FRITZ. Origin unknown.
19. Approx. landing hr. : ETA
23. More intimate : CLOSER
25. __-mutuel: type of betting : PARI
26. Funny Costello : LOU. Partnered with Bud Abbott.
27. Abel's slayer : CAIN
30. Tsar or emperor : DESPOT. It doesn't mean tyrant, necessarily.
32. It follows the overture : ACT I
34. Pressed for time : IN A RUSH
41. Conceived of : IDEATED, Didn't need to see this word again.
42. IRS agent : T-MAN
43. What ballerinas dance on : TIPTOE
46. Slangy agreement : YEAH
48. HVAC measure : BTU. British Thermal Unit (BTU or Btu)
49. Utah city near Provo : OREM
50. Uproar : TUMULT. Taken straight from Latin
58. Econ. yardstick : GNP. Gross National Product
59. Nebraska city : OMAHA
60. Tee shot : DRIVE. Golf.
63. Mauna __ : LOA. Active volcano on the island of Hawaii.
64. Lees competitor : LEVIS
65. Ocean ship : LINER
66. Bigger picture: Abbr. : ENL.
67. Kosher deli offering : KNISH. Knish Nosh.
68. Sharp-eyed bird : EAGLE
Down:
1. Trade name abbr. : DBA. Doing Business As.
2. Caterer's vessel : URN
3. Controversial financial rescues : BAILOUTS
4. Cars : AUTOS
5. "Be right there!" : "IN A SEC!"
6. Get a better int. rate, probably : REFI. Refinancing.
7. Make on the job : EARN
8. Working busily : AT IT
9. "The lady __ protest too much": "Hamlet" : DOTH. We had DOST yesterday.
10. Automaker Ferrari : ENZO
11. Store to "fall into," in old ads : THE GAP. Can you buy both Levis and Lees there?
12. Prefix with -scopic : ARTHRO. And often followed by surgery.
13. "Scram!" : "BEAT IT!"
21. New employee : TRAINEE
22. End result : UPSHOT. 1531; originally, the final shot in an archery match, hence sense of "result, issue, conclusion" (1604).
23. Littleneck, e.g. : CLAM
24. Centers of activity : LOCI. Plural of locus, (in many legal phrases) a place or area, esp the place where something occurred.
28. Actress Swenson : INGA. She was on the TV show, "Benson". She is the one standing behind Benson(Robert Guillaume), on the left. Image.
29. Smartly dressed : NATTY
30. Obstetrician's calculation : DUE DATE
31. Psychic's asset, for short : ESP
33. "Surely I'm not the only one?!" : "IS IT ME?"
35. South Korea's first president : RHEE. Syngman Rhee (1875 – 1965) was President from 1948 to 1960.
37. Altar promise : "I DO"
39. MLB league : NATL.
40. Letter-shaped fastener : T-NUT. An image of one style of T-nut.
43. Flip back and forth, as an on-off switch : TOGGLE
44. Like some denim patches : IRON-ON. Hell, now days, they are ripped on purpose!
45. Letter-writing friend : PEN PAL
47. Circular gridiron gathering : HUDDLE
51. "West Side Story" heroine : MARIA
53. Music genre that experienced a '50s-'60s revival : FOLK
54. Sign of the future : OMEN
55. Sitarist Shankar : RAVI
56. That's partner : THIS. This and that.
57. Corned beef dish : HASH
61. Commercial prefix with -cro : VEL
62. Prior to : ERE. Ere there was Vel-Cro, there was Duct Tape.
Answer grid.
Argyle
