Theme: ReTAIL Tag
17A: User interface navigation technique: BREADCRUMB TRAIL
26A: Abbott/Haney board game: TRIVIAL PURSUIT
42A: Futile quest: WILD GOOSE CHASE
55A: Proceeding normally: ON THE RIGHT TRACK
WITHOUT A TRACE will be great too.
AL HUNT's name is probably too short for a theme answer. Is he famous enough or people know him only because he is Judy Woodruff's husband?
Felt like I was watching CNN's "The Situation Room" this morning:
47D: Newsman Blitzer: WOLF
18D: Powell of the Bush White House: COLIN
58D: GOP gathering: RNC
Too bad JACK (10A: Writer Kerouac) is not clued as "The Situation Room" commentator Cafferty. He whines too much though. I would prefer KILL (13D) to be clued as "Veto" rather than "Murder". That upper right corner felt weird to me this morning.
I disliked the clue for ATHLETES (38D: Track figures) because TRACK is part of the theme answer for 55A. Tell me how you would have clued ATHLETES. I really enjoyed hearing everyone's NURSE clue last time. So many sparkling ideas, esp Barry G's "One may be registered".
Across:
1A: Stamp pad: INKER. This reminds me of the boring Chinese calligraphy classes we were required to take in primary school.
16A: Race in "The Time Machine": ELOI. This has become a gimme, so are LOEB (21A: Leopold's co-defendant), ICBM (1D: SALT subject) and LSATS (28D: Exams for future attys). They used to be big stumpers for me.
20A: V x CCXXI: MCV. Roman 1105.
23A: Base on balls: WALK. Very nice clue.
33A: Audacious: BRAZEN. The spelling is quite close to CRAVEN.
35A: "___ la Douce": IRMA. I tend to confuse the name of this movie with "La Dolce Vita". TREVI (26D: Fountain of Roma) is featured in the movie.
36A: Actor Burton: LEVAR. He is so good in "Roots".
37A: GI Jill, once: WAC (Women's Army Corps). I would not have got it without the down clues.
38A: Blood vessel: pref.: ANGIO. Angioplasty e.g. Tough crossing with IMIDE (31D: Ammonia compound). I knew neither of them. "I" was hard to obtain.
Down:
3D: Ukraine's capital: KIEV. I like their prime minister (Yulia Tymoshenko). She is very pretty.
5D: Aussie lefty of tennis: ROD LAVER. I had no idea that he is a lefty. Whom do you like more, Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal?
10D: Abrupt yank: JERK. Is "The JERK" a good movie?
23D: Washington cager: WIZARD. I don't follow NBA. Who is their best player?
27D: "Bolero" composer: RAVEL. Once again, the flowery "Bolero", to keep your blood flowing.
29D: Singer O'Connor: SINEAD. Her "Don't Cry for me, Argentina" is the best.
43D: Mavin of Motwon: GAYE. I learned his name from doing Xword. Not familiar with his songs. I like this song title.
54D: Hebrides island: SKYE. Here is the map. Did you see IONA on the south? Maybe that's how actress Ione SKYE (with John Cusack in "Say Anything") got her name. IONE was clued as "Actress Skye" on our August 29 puzzle.
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17A: User interface navigation technique: BREADCRUMB TRAIL
26A: Abbott/Haney board game: TRIVIAL PURSUIT
42A: Futile quest: WILD GOOSE CHASE
55A: Proceeding normally: ON THE RIGHT TRACK
WITHOUT A TRACE will be great too.
AL HUNT's name is probably too short for a theme answer. Is he famous enough or people know him only because he is Judy Woodruff's husband?
Felt like I was watching CNN's "The Situation Room" this morning:
47D: Newsman Blitzer: WOLF
18D: Powell of the Bush White House: COLIN
58D: GOP gathering: RNC
Too bad JACK (10A: Writer Kerouac) is not clued as "The Situation Room" commentator Cafferty. He whines too much though. I would prefer KILL (13D) to be clued as "Veto" rather than "Murder". That upper right corner felt weird to me this morning.
I disliked the clue for ATHLETES (38D: Track figures) because TRACK is part of the theme answer for 55A. Tell me how you would have clued ATHLETES. I really enjoyed hearing everyone's NURSE clue last time. So many sparkling ideas, esp Barry G's "One may be registered".
Across:
1A: Stamp pad: INKER. This reminds me of the boring Chinese calligraphy classes we were required to take in primary school.
16A: Race in "The Time Machine": ELOI. This has become a gimme, so are LOEB (21A: Leopold's co-defendant), ICBM (1D: SALT subject) and LSATS (28D: Exams for future attys). They used to be big stumpers for me.
20A: V x CCXXI: MCV. Roman 1105.
23A: Base on balls: WALK. Very nice clue.
33A: Audacious: BRAZEN. The spelling is quite close to CRAVEN.
35A: "___ la Douce": IRMA. I tend to confuse the name of this movie with "La Dolce Vita". TREVI (26D: Fountain of Roma) is featured in the movie.
36A: Actor Burton: LEVAR. He is so good in "Roots".
37A: GI Jill, once: WAC (Women's Army Corps). I would not have got it without the down clues.
38A: Blood vessel: pref.: ANGIO. Angioplasty e.g. Tough crossing with IMIDE (31D: Ammonia compound). I knew neither of them. "I" was hard to obtain.
Down:
3D: Ukraine's capital: KIEV. I like their prime minister (Yulia Tymoshenko). She is very pretty.
5D: Aussie lefty of tennis: ROD LAVER. I had no idea that he is a lefty. Whom do you like more, Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal?
10D: Abrupt yank: JERK. Is "The JERK" a good movie?
23D: Washington cager: WIZARD. I don't follow NBA. Who is their best player?
27D: "Bolero" composer: RAVEL. Once again, the flowery "Bolero", to keep your blood flowing.
29D: Singer O'Connor: SINEAD. Her "Don't Cry for me, Argentina" is the best.
43D: Mavin of Motwon: GAYE. I learned his name from doing Xword. Not familiar with his songs. I like this song title.
54D: Hebrides island: SKYE. Here is the map. Did you see IONA on the south? Maybe that's how actress Ione SKYE (with John Cusack in "Say Anything") got her name. IONE was clued as "Actress Skye" on our August 29 puzzle.
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