Theme: Addition Alteration
17A: Unwritten things to do?: MENTAL LIST (MENTALIST)
60A: Magical circle?: WONDER RING (WONDERING)
11D: Interior designer's fee?: DECOR RATE (DECORATE)
34D: Put off monthly payment?: DEFER RENT (DEFERENT)
This is one effervescent puzzle! Seems like the author can hardly contain his emotions. We've got FIRE (54D), ENTHUSED (20A: Agog), ZEAL (16A: Ardor), so exuberant! And LOSER (24A, Vanquished one), PRISSY (35A: Prim) are both treated with WINCE (15A: Cringe), BOOS (32D: Ghostly greetings) and SNEER (44A: Look of contempt).
I also like the following pairings:
SLED (13D: Winter transport) & SNOW (56D: Winter fall);
SELECTOR (56A: One who chooses) & OPTS (26D: Makes up one's mind);
AWLS (5D: Hole-making tools) & 36D: Carpentry tools: SAWS.
Quite a few TRICKS (27: Bamboozles) in today's puzzle. Some of the clues are wickedly misleading to me, esp 24A: Vanquished one (LOSER) and 24D: Wound (LESION). I was thinking of a past tense verb in both cases. But it's a solid puzzle.
ACROSS:
1A: Cold-cut palace: DELI. Why palace? Is it typo?
5A: Perpendicular to the keel: ABEAM. At right angles to the keel of a ship. Not familiar with this nautical term.
10A: Puts on: ADDS. As in weight, I suppose.
14A: Folk singer Burl: IVES. Did not know him. Had no idea that he was the singer for "A Holly Jolly Christmas".
19A: Break out problem: ACNE
21A: Firing line order: RELOAD. Any one ever followed William F. Buckley's "Firing Line"?
23A: Brown ermine: STOAT. You talkin' to me?
25A: Play the flute: TOOTLE. Saw this clue before.
29A: Skinned: PARED. Dislike the clue. Skin always means PEEL to me. I PEEL my fruits first, then PARE down, unless it's pineapple or cantaloupe.
35A: Prim: PRISSY. PRISSY comes from PRIM & SISSY.
39A: Leg bone: TIBIA
40A: Gossip pair: ITEM. Who are the the ITEM on this photo?
42A: Third party funds: ESCROW
43A: Capone's nemesis: NESS (Eliot). Love the "The Untouchables".
46A: "Dust in the wind" group: KANSAS. No idea. Strung it together from down clues.
54A: Actor Jose: FERRER. Unknown to me. But it's easily obtainable.
62A: Milieu for Lemieux: RINK. Sometimes I think the constructor has IDEE fixe (59A: Obsession) with this alliteration or half alliteration stuff. Aren't all eyes on Sidney Crosby now?
63A: "Reversal of Fortune" star: IRONS (Jeremy). Have never seen this movie. Like IRONS a lot, esp Damage, stunningly erotic and thrilling.
66A: Unfamiliar with: NEW AT
67A: Gull cousin: TERN. Is this a gull or a TERN?
DOWN:
2D: Happening: EVENT
3D: Slowly, in music: LENTO. What's the difference between LENTO and ADAGIO?
4D: No kidding: IS THAT SO. And 45D: A-ha!: EUREKA. I like them both.
10D: Showy shrub: AZALEA. Has anyone been to Augusta Golf Course before?
18D: Mobile leader?: AUTO. Automobile.
22D: Spot in a crowd: ESPY. When are you going to turn to ___ Awards?
28D: Zodiac sing: LIBRA
31D: Sen. group: DEMS (DEMOCRATS). Hmm, looks like TMS puzzle is liberal leaning. Harry REID and now DEMS.
40D: Privately: IN SECRET
42D: Perry's creator: ERLE. Also EDIT (55D: Emulate Perry White), nice author and editor pair.
47D: Sketch artist: APER. I don't get this one? Why?
49D: Field Marshal Rommel: ERWIN. "The Desert Fox".
51D: Steps over a fence: STILE
52D: Skin cream: TONER. No, no, TONER is liquid, not cream.
54D: "Chariots of __": FIRE. Didn't we see this clue a month ago?
57D: Millay of poetry: EDNA. Hate the clue. St. Vincent should not be omitted.
C.C.
17A: Unwritten things to do?: MENTAL LIST (MENTALIST)
60A: Magical circle?: WONDER RING (WONDERING)
11D: Interior designer's fee?: DECOR RATE (DECORATE)
34D: Put off monthly payment?: DEFER RENT (DEFERENT)
This is one effervescent puzzle! Seems like the author can hardly contain his emotions. We've got FIRE (54D), ENTHUSED (20A: Agog), ZEAL (16A: Ardor), so exuberant! And LOSER (24A, Vanquished one), PRISSY (35A: Prim) are both treated with WINCE (15A: Cringe), BOOS (32D: Ghostly greetings) and SNEER (44A: Look of contempt).
I also like the following pairings:
SLED (13D: Winter transport) & SNOW (56D: Winter fall);
SELECTOR (56A: One who chooses) & OPTS (26D: Makes up one's mind);
AWLS (5D: Hole-making tools) & 36D: Carpentry tools: SAWS.
Quite a few TRICKS (27: Bamboozles) in today's puzzle. Some of the clues are wickedly misleading to me, esp 24A: Vanquished one (LOSER) and 24D: Wound (LESION). I was thinking of a past tense verb in both cases. But it's a solid puzzle.
ACROSS:
1A: Cold-cut palace: DELI. Why palace? Is it typo?
5A: Perpendicular to the keel: ABEAM. At right angles to the keel of a ship. Not familiar with this nautical term.
10A: Puts on: ADDS. As in weight, I suppose.
14A: Folk singer Burl: IVES. Did not know him. Had no idea that he was the singer for "A Holly Jolly Christmas".
19A: Break out problem: ACNE
21A: Firing line order: RELOAD. Any one ever followed William F. Buckley's "Firing Line"?
23A: Brown ermine: STOAT. You talkin' to me?
25A: Play the flute: TOOTLE. Saw this clue before.
29A: Skinned: PARED. Dislike the clue. Skin always means PEEL to me. I PEEL my fruits first, then PARE down, unless it's pineapple or cantaloupe.
35A: Prim: PRISSY. PRISSY comes from PRIM & SISSY.
39A: Leg bone: TIBIA
40A: Gossip pair: ITEM. Who are the the ITEM on this photo?
42A: Third party funds: ESCROW
43A: Capone's nemesis: NESS (Eliot). Love the "The Untouchables".
46A: "Dust in the wind" group: KANSAS. No idea. Strung it together from down clues.
54A: Actor Jose: FERRER. Unknown to me. But it's easily obtainable.
62A: Milieu for Lemieux: RINK. Sometimes I think the constructor has IDEE fixe (59A: Obsession) with this alliteration or half alliteration stuff. Aren't all eyes on Sidney Crosby now?
63A: "Reversal of Fortune" star: IRONS (Jeremy). Have never seen this movie. Like IRONS a lot, esp Damage, stunningly erotic and thrilling.
66A: Unfamiliar with: NEW AT
67A: Gull cousin: TERN. Is this a gull or a TERN?
DOWN:
2D: Happening: EVENT
3D: Slowly, in music: LENTO. What's the difference between LENTO and ADAGIO?
4D: No kidding: IS THAT SO. And 45D: A-ha!: EUREKA. I like them both.
10D: Showy shrub: AZALEA. Has anyone been to Augusta Golf Course before?
18D: Mobile leader?: AUTO. Automobile.
22D: Spot in a crowd: ESPY. When are you going to turn to ___ Awards?
28D: Zodiac sing: LIBRA
31D: Sen. group: DEMS (DEMOCRATS). Hmm, looks like TMS puzzle is liberal leaning. Harry REID and now DEMS.
40D: Privately: IN SECRET
42D: Perry's creator: ERLE. Also EDIT (55D: Emulate Perry White), nice author and editor pair.
47D: Sketch artist: APER. I don't get this one? Why?
49D: Field Marshal Rommel: ERWIN. "The Desert Fox".
51D: Steps over a fence: STILE
52D: Skin cream: TONER. No, no, TONER is liquid, not cream.
54D: "Chariots of __": FIRE. Didn't we see this clue a month ago?
57D: Millay of poetry: EDNA. Hate the clue. St. Vincent should not be omitted.
C.C.
