Theme: That Is (i.e) Extra
17A: Part-time girlfriend?: SEMI SWEETIE
27A: ID a gastronome?: FINGER FOODIE
44A: Assault tour crew member?: HIT THE ROADIE
60A: Early bird warm-up wear?: ROBIN HOODIE
I've never heard of ROADIE. I like the other 3, esp FINGER FOODIE, deliciously clued.
This is a very creative theme idea. I wonder what other similar words this constructor pondered while creating her grid. If she is a real gastronomist, COOKIE & BEANIE might be in her thinking process.
Or if she is into sports, she could be be musing on ROOKIE, BOOKIE, GOALIE and BIRDIE. I also thought of COOLIE, SORTIE, STOOLIE and WEENIE (?). OKIE might not be OK.
And of course the sweet words like CUTIE, DEARIE & CHERIE.
What else can you think of?
I struggled with puzzle. Got mired in the N crossing beween ANETO and ANEMO and could not get the letter R between NORNS and SIDRA. And encountered pockets of problems here and there.
Across:
1A: "Politically incorrect" host: MAHER (Bill). A stupid "not cowardly"mistake. He is funny though.
2A: Envelop closer: CLASP. I don't like the repetition of "CL" both in the clue and in the answer.
14A: Wind: pref.: ANEMO. As in "Anemometer". ANEMO came from Greek "anemos", meaning wind. Too obscure to me.
15A: Errs on esses: LISPS
21A: Line from Mork: NANU NANU. Often see NANU clued as "Half of Mork's sign-off".
33A: Kind of metabolism: BASAL
36A: Steffi of tennis: GRAF. Amazing career wins, they are perfect together.
37A: Kid's punishment: NO TV
38A: Dilly: LULU. Here is LULU's "To SIR (49A: Galahad's title) With Love". I liked the movie.
41A: Fusses: ADOS. OK, let's talk about Shakespear's "Much ADO about Nothing" today. Is "Nothing" really "Nothing"?
42A: Riga resident: LETT
43A: Collar inserts: STAYS. What is exactly a STAY?
47A: Labor grp.: UAW (United Automobile Workers)
48A: Touch of frost: NIP. I like this clue.
52A: Relies on: TRUSTS IN
63A:Beethoven dedicatee: ELISE. "Für ELISE".
64A: Norse goddesses: NORNS. Goddesses of Fate: Here is a painting of the famous 3 NORNS: Urðr (Past Fate), Verdandi (Present Fate) & Skuld (Future Fate). I know none of them. I am not familiar with Norse mythology, or any mythology.
66A: "101 Dalmatians" author: DODIE (Smith). I got her name from the down fills. I did not know her. I like her bangs. Is the haircut suitable to her oblong face shape, Katherine?
Down:
1D: Billiard stroke: MASSE. I like "The Hustler", don't you?
2D: Pico de __ (Pyreness peak): ANETO. Really tough crossing beween ANETO & ANEEMO. Why is the guy on the left wearing shorts? It feels cold.
3D: Macho types: HE-MEN. Oh, I see, maybe this is the reason why: He wants to be a "HE-MAN". Then catches a cold/bug on the way back home and sleeps for days.
5D: Perfume ingredient: ROSE OIL
6D: French key: CLE. Or CLEF (nf). The calculator key is TOUCHE. She is wearing the "CLE de Peau" enhancer.
8D: Tec's terrier: ASTA. "The Thin Man" dog. I don't like the clue. Isn't "Tec" a shortened form of "Detective"? Or is it a widely accepted word just like "info"?
9D: Son-of sit-comes: SPIN-OFFS. I dislike this clue. It does not sound cute to me at all.
10D: Phony: PSEUDO
22D: Newborn: NEONATE. And 61D: Born in Bordeaux: NEE.
27D: Marlowe's Doctor: FAUSTUS. "The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus". I've never heard of this novel or Christopher Marlowe. I only knew FAUST and the "Faustian bargain".
30D: Lady of Lisbon: DONA
35D: Assigned time: SLOT
28D: Thalia's sister: ERATO. Muse of love poetry. Thalia is the muse of "comedy and idyllic poetry". Several words have ERATO hidden in them: accelerator, generator, adulterator, exaggerators, etc. Someone ought to make a rebus puzzle out these words and credit me as his MUSE.
29D: Cane palm: RATTAN
39D: Emulated Lindbergh: FLEW SOLO
43D: Drinking straws: SIPHONS. Ha, I even had difficulty obtaining this word, mainly due to STAY & NORNS.
49D: Libyan gulf: SIDRA. This is a map for Gulf of SIDRA. Unknown to me also.
50D: One way to do crossword: IN INK. I cannot do mine without "Wite-Out".
55D: Footnote carrier: IBID
56D: Unless, in law: NISI. Add an E, we've got a word for Japanese American NISEI.
C.C.
17A: Part-time girlfriend?: SEMI SWEETIE
27A: ID a gastronome?: FINGER FOODIE
44A: Assault tour crew member?: HIT THE ROADIE
60A: Early bird warm-up wear?: ROBIN HOODIE
I've never heard of ROADIE. I like the other 3, esp FINGER FOODIE, deliciously clued.
This is a very creative theme idea. I wonder what other similar words this constructor pondered while creating her grid. If she is a real gastronomist, COOKIE & BEANIE might be in her thinking process.
Or if she is into sports, she could be be musing on ROOKIE, BOOKIE, GOALIE and BIRDIE. I also thought of COOLIE, SORTIE, STOOLIE and WEENIE (?). OKIE might not be OK.
And of course the sweet words like CUTIE, DEARIE & CHERIE.
What else can you think of?
I struggled with puzzle. Got mired in the N crossing beween ANETO and ANEMO and could not get the letter R between NORNS and SIDRA. And encountered pockets of problems here and there.
Across:
1A: "Politically incorrect" host: MAHER (Bill). A stupid "not cowardly"mistake. He is funny though.
2A: Envelop closer: CLASP. I don't like the repetition of "CL" both in the clue and in the answer.
14A: Wind: pref.: ANEMO. As in "Anemometer". ANEMO came from Greek "anemos", meaning wind. Too obscure to me.
15A: Errs on esses: LISPS
21A: Line from Mork: NANU NANU. Often see NANU clued as "Half of Mork's sign-off".
33A: Kind of metabolism: BASAL
36A: Steffi of tennis: GRAF. Amazing career wins, they are perfect together.
37A: Kid's punishment: NO TV
38A: Dilly: LULU. Here is LULU's "To SIR (49A: Galahad's title) With Love". I liked the movie.
41A: Fusses: ADOS. OK, let's talk about Shakespear's "Much ADO about Nothing" today. Is "Nothing" really "Nothing"?
42A: Riga resident: LETT
43A: Collar inserts: STAYS. What is exactly a STAY?
47A: Labor grp.: UAW (United Automobile Workers)
48A: Touch of frost: NIP. I like this clue.
52A: Relies on: TRUSTS IN
63A:Beethoven dedicatee: ELISE. "Für ELISE".
64A: Norse goddesses: NORNS. Goddesses of Fate: Here is a painting of the famous 3 NORNS: Urðr (Past Fate), Verdandi (Present Fate) & Skuld (Future Fate). I know none of them. I am not familiar with Norse mythology, or any mythology.
66A: "101 Dalmatians" author: DODIE (Smith). I got her name from the down fills. I did not know her. I like her bangs. Is the haircut suitable to her oblong face shape, Katherine?
Down:
1D: Billiard stroke: MASSE. I like "The Hustler", don't you?
2D: Pico de __ (Pyreness peak): ANETO. Really tough crossing beween ANETO & ANEEMO. Why is the guy on the left wearing shorts? It feels cold.
3D: Macho types: HE-MEN. Oh, I see, maybe this is the reason why: He wants to be a "HE-MAN". Then catches a cold/bug on the way back home and sleeps for days.
5D: Perfume ingredient: ROSE OIL
6D: French key: CLE. Or CLEF (nf). The calculator key is TOUCHE. She is wearing the "CLE de Peau" enhancer.
8D: Tec's terrier: ASTA. "The Thin Man" dog. I don't like the clue. Isn't "Tec" a shortened form of "Detective"? Or is it a widely accepted word just like "info"?
9D: Son-of sit-comes: SPIN-OFFS. I dislike this clue. It does not sound cute to me at all.
10D: Phony: PSEUDO
22D: Newborn: NEONATE. And 61D: Born in Bordeaux: NEE.
27D: Marlowe's Doctor: FAUSTUS. "The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus". I've never heard of this novel or Christopher Marlowe. I only knew FAUST and the "Faustian bargain".
30D: Lady of Lisbon: DONA
35D: Assigned time: SLOT
28D: Thalia's sister: ERATO. Muse of love poetry. Thalia is the muse of "comedy and idyllic poetry". Several words have ERATO hidden in them: accelerator, generator, adulterator, exaggerators, etc. Someone ought to make a rebus puzzle out these words and credit me as his MUSE.
29D: Cane palm: RATTAN
39D: Emulated Lindbergh: FLEW SOLO
43D: Drinking straws: SIPHONS. Ha, I even had difficulty obtaining this word, mainly due to STAY & NORNS.
49D: Libyan gulf: SIDRA. This is a map for Gulf of SIDRA. Unknown to me also.
50D: One way to do crossword: IN INK. I cannot do mine without "Wite-Out".
55D: Footnote carrier: IBID
56D: Unless, in law: NISI. Add an E, we've got a word for Japanese American NISEI.
C.C.
