Theme: Retail come-on
17A: Retail come-on: One-Stop Shopping
37A: Retail come-on: Two-Year Warranty
57A: Retail come-on: Three-Month Trial
I felt the strong wind from the very beginning. A hard struggle today. Did not even know how to cheat on 25A: Type of penguin (ADELIE) and 33A: Crevasse pinnacle (SERAC). Seriously, I spent more than 10 minutes just to google these 2 words.
Here are the interesting fills:
1A: Conductor Seiji: OZAWA. He was actually born in China, during the Japanese occupancy of China in the 1930s.
6A: In ___ Veritas: Vino. Literally, Truth in Wine. When you get drunk, you tend to tell truth, don't you? I don't. I only want to sleep.
10A: Glazier's piece: PANE. I googled my own blog and got this one.
16A: Fencer's stiletto: EPEE
20A: Legal thing: RES
22A: Large groups: MASSES
23A: Letters for Nob Hill cops: SFPD. Got this one. My sisters-in-law live in SF.
25A:Type of penguin: ADELIE. Look at here. Cute. Happy Feet.
33A: Crevasse pinnacle: SERAC. Hard clue, hard answer. This is why.
34A: Military trainee: CADET
35A: Clerical vestment: ALB
40A: Ref. set: OED (Oxford English Dictionary)
41A: Barely sufficient: SCANT
50A: Diet drastically: STARVE
54A: Arab Robe: ABA.
62A: Non-major studio film: INDIE
65A: Hindu grouping: CASTE
Down clues:
1D: Redolence: ODOR. I confused the word with Insolence. I tried to jam Idle in the blanks.
2D: Designated area: ZONE
4D: Director Craven: WES. Nightmare on Elm Street director.
5D: Ruses: ARTIFICES
6D: Insipid: VAPID. I thought of Sapid.
7D: __ dixit: IPSE. Literally, he himself said it. An assertion without proof. Peggy Noonnan sometimes sprinkles Latin in her columns.
8D: bk after Ezra: NEH
10D: Stomach enzyme: PEPSIN. I just found out that the commercial Pepsin is obtained from the stomach of hogs. Horrible.
11D: Sacred bull: APIS. I stole this explanation from dictionary.com "A sacred bull of the ancient Egyptians, acting as an intermediary between Ptah and humans."
12D: Oahu goose: NENE
13D: Mind readings: EEGS (Electroencephalograms)
18D: Greek flask: OLPE. Here is the definition.
19D: Dawber or Tillis: PAM
23D: Bowl over: SLAY. I put Stun first.
24D: Mubark's predecessor: SADAT. Gimme for me.
25D: "The Maltese Falcon" co-star: ASTOR (Mary).
26D: __ Decimal System: DEWEY. Never heard of it.
30D: Poem division: CANTO
32D: Deep chasam: ABYSS
34D: Stick one's neck out: CRANE
35D: Extremely stressful: TRAUMATIC
38D: Of schooling: ACADEMIC
39D: Pismires: ANTS
46D: Balderdash!: TOSH
50D: Caen's neighbor: ST LO. Caen & St. Lo are two cities in France, heavy fightings took place there during Battle of Normandy.
51D: Whale's location: THAR. But why???
52D: "Rule Britannia" composer: ARNE
53D: Scottish dagger: SNEE
54D: Helpful hints: AIDS. I put Cues first.
That's all friends. Now I need to find out what the heck happened in New Jersey last night. Here in MN, Obama 67%, Clinton 32%.
C. C.
17A: Retail come-on: One-Stop Shopping
37A: Retail come-on: Two-Year Warranty
57A: Retail come-on: Three-Month Trial
I felt the strong wind from the very beginning. A hard struggle today. Did not even know how to cheat on 25A: Type of penguin (ADELIE) and 33A: Crevasse pinnacle (SERAC). Seriously, I spent more than 10 minutes just to google these 2 words.
Here are the interesting fills:
1A: Conductor Seiji: OZAWA. He was actually born in China, during the Japanese occupancy of China in the 1930s.
6A: In ___ Veritas: Vino. Literally, Truth in Wine. When you get drunk, you tend to tell truth, don't you? I don't. I only want to sleep.
10A: Glazier's piece: PANE. I googled my own blog and got this one.
16A: Fencer's stiletto: EPEE
20A: Legal thing: RES
22A: Large groups: MASSES
23A: Letters for Nob Hill cops: SFPD. Got this one. My sisters-in-law live in SF.
25A:Type of penguin: ADELIE. Look at here. Cute. Happy Feet.
33A: Crevasse pinnacle: SERAC. Hard clue, hard answer. This is why.
34A: Military trainee: CADET
35A: Clerical vestment: ALB
40A: Ref. set: OED (Oxford English Dictionary)
41A: Barely sufficient: SCANT
50A: Diet drastically: STARVE
54A: Arab Robe: ABA.
62A: Non-major studio film: INDIE
65A: Hindu grouping: CASTE
Down clues:
1D: Redolence: ODOR. I confused the word with Insolence. I tried to jam Idle in the blanks.
2D: Designated area: ZONE
4D: Director Craven: WES. Nightmare on Elm Street director.
5D: Ruses: ARTIFICES
6D: Insipid: VAPID. I thought of Sapid.
7D: __ dixit: IPSE. Literally, he himself said it. An assertion without proof. Peggy Noonnan sometimes sprinkles Latin in her columns.
8D: bk after Ezra: NEH
10D: Stomach enzyme: PEPSIN. I just found out that the commercial Pepsin is obtained from the stomach of hogs. Horrible.
11D: Sacred bull: APIS. I stole this explanation from dictionary.com "A sacred bull of the ancient Egyptians, acting as an intermediary between Ptah and humans."
12D: Oahu goose: NENE
13D: Mind readings: EEGS (Electroencephalograms)
18D: Greek flask: OLPE. Here is the definition.
19D: Dawber or Tillis: PAM
23D: Bowl over: SLAY. I put Stun first.
24D: Mubark's predecessor: SADAT. Gimme for me.
25D: "The Maltese Falcon" co-star: ASTOR (Mary).
26D: __ Decimal System: DEWEY. Never heard of it.
30D: Poem division: CANTO
32D: Deep chasam: ABYSS
34D: Stick one's neck out: CRANE
35D: Extremely stressful: TRAUMATIC
38D: Of schooling: ACADEMIC
39D: Pismires: ANTS
46D: Balderdash!: TOSH
50D: Caen's neighbor: ST LO. Caen & St. Lo are two cities in France, heavy fightings took place there during Battle of Normandy.
51D: Whale's location: THAR. But why???
52D: "Rule Britannia" composer: ARNE
53D: Scottish dagger: SNEE
54D: Helpful hints: AIDS. I put Cues first.
That's all friends. Now I need to find out what the heck happened in New Jersey last night. Here in MN, Obama 67%, Clinton 32%.
C. C.
