Theme: A MATTER OF CONCERN
17A: Brewer's concern?: BEER MARKET (BEAR MARKET)
27A: Cab driver's concern?: FARE SHARE (FAIR SHARE)
36A: Shipbuilder's concern?: SAILS PROMOTION (SALES PROMOTION)
43A: Fabulist's concern?: TALESPIN (TAILSPIN)
59A: Shoemaker's concern?: SOLE SAVING (SOUL SAVING)
Except BEER and BEAR, all the others are homophones, very interesting. Is 36A a solid clue to you? I don't really get it.
Quite a few new names/words for me in today's puzzle: Enrico FERMI, Nagy IMRE, ANSON Williams, Jared LETO, PABA, BIS, COPA and XENON. Most of them were inferable, but the M between FERMI & IMRE was impossible for me.
I like the way EDIT (34A) is structured at the heart of the grid. It befits the theme entries. And I am happy to see it intersects ADORN (28D: Beautify). There are also 3 SS's in the puzzle: ASSAULTED (20A: Attacked), ESSES, and MUSSES (18D: Disarranges). I am OK with that, as the total account for S's is well within my tolerance range. For your information, there are 69 letter A's on a March 2002 NYT Thursday puzzle.
ACROSS:
5A: Doofus: SCHMO. Isn't POOP (1A: Inside info.) also a fool? Nincompoop?
15A:Type of terrier: CAIRN. Here is Toto and Dorothy.
16A: PBS series: NOVA. Know it, but I've never watched it.
19A: Judah's son: ONAN. The only Judah's son that I know of.
21A: Tabs horn: BUGLE. Still waiting for its anagram BULGE to appear in a TMS puzzle.
22A: Dr. Leary's turn-on: LSD (Lysergic Acid Diethylamide). I like the clue. Dictionary says L. S. D. is also the abbreviation of "Pounds, Shilling & Pence". I wonder why pound is always abbreviated as lb, and why D for pence?
23A: Drag along: LUG 24A: And 24A: Drags forcibly: HAULS. Why drag twice, Mr. Editor?
35A: Again, in music: BIS. I don't know this word. Got it from down clues. Again is always "Encore" to me.
41A: Nagy of Hungary: IMRE. Nope, I've never heard of him. I only know its anagram EMIR.
42A: Absinthe flavoring: ANISE. Is it legal to sell absinthe in the US now?
48A: Furry TV alien: ALF. Got it this time. Also ALF Landon, the Republican guy who was defeated by FDR in 1936.
52A: Not another person: NO ONE ELSE. NO ONE ELSE comes close you, no one makes me feel the way you do...
61A: Acid type: AMINO. It's the protein unit.
64A: Inert gas: XENON. Came From Greek Xenos, hmm, foreign to me that's for sure. It's Element #54.
DOWN:
1D: Sunscreen ingredient: PABA (Para-AminoBenzoic Acid). Completely unknown to me. Here is the definition: "A crystalline para form of aminobenzoic acid that is part of the vitamin B complex, is required by many organisms for the formation of folic acids, and is widely used in sunscreens to absorb ultraviolet light. Also called vitamin Bx"
4D: One type of parking: PARALLEL
7D: QB's command: HIKE. The clue seems to be asking for an abbreviated answer, doesn't it?
8D: Sitcom equine: MR. ED. No problem this time.
10D: Stop, already: ENOUGH. Yes, everyone has a limit.
11D: Round instrument: GONG. Do you love GONG Li ? She starred in Memoirs of a Geisha. She is my favorite Chinese actress.
23D: Actor Jared: LETO. His face looks familiar to me. But I don't remember his name.
24D: Lacks: HASN'T
25D: Guam port, once: AGANA. Capital of Guam. Why "once" in the clue?
26D: One of the archangels: URIEL
27D: Nuclear physicist Enrico: FERMI. He won Nobel Physics in 1938. Not a familiar name to me.
29D: Singer LeAnn: RIMES. "And tell me now, how do I live without you?"
30D: Seething: ABOIL. And 39D: Hotly: IN FEVER
32D: Middle of messes?: ESSES?
37D: Corncob or briar: PIPE. Are you familiar with "Meerchaum Pipe"?
38D: Initial data sheet: TABLE A. What is it?
44D: List of printing mistakes: ERRATA
48D: Williams of "Happy Days": ANSON. Ugh, I just hate TV sitcom characters. Could not never remember their names. I wonder how much this Cap ANSON Old Judge card costs. He is Baseball HOF.
49D: Nightclub in Manilow song: COPA. Nope, I am not familiar with COPACABANA.
52D: Town on the Seward Peninsula: NOME. Often clued as "iditarod terminus".
54D: Prefix for wine: OENO. Also Greek Goddess of wine according to Wikipedia.
57D: Breastplate of Zeus: EGIS. Or AEGIS. It's "the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena, bearing at its center the head of the Gorgon". Here is a picture of Medusa's head.
59D: Jazzy instrument: SAX. Why "jazzy" instead of "jazz"?
C.C.
17A: Brewer's concern?: BEER MARKET (BEAR MARKET)
27A: Cab driver's concern?: FARE SHARE (FAIR SHARE)
36A: Shipbuilder's concern?: SAILS PROMOTION (SALES PROMOTION)
43A: Fabulist's concern?: TALESPIN (TAILSPIN)
59A: Shoemaker's concern?: SOLE SAVING (SOUL SAVING)
Except BEER and BEAR, all the others are homophones, very interesting. Is 36A a solid clue to you? I don't really get it.
Quite a few new names/words for me in today's puzzle: Enrico FERMI, Nagy IMRE, ANSON Williams, Jared LETO, PABA, BIS, COPA and XENON. Most of them were inferable, but the M between FERMI & IMRE was impossible for me.
I like the way EDIT (34A) is structured at the heart of the grid. It befits the theme entries. And I am happy to see it intersects ADORN (28D: Beautify). There are also 3 SS's in the puzzle: ASSAULTED (20A: Attacked), ESSES, and MUSSES (18D: Disarranges). I am OK with that, as the total account for S's is well within my tolerance range. For your information, there are 69 letter A's on a March 2002 NYT Thursday puzzle.
ACROSS:
5A: Doofus: SCHMO. Isn't POOP (1A: Inside info.) also a fool? Nincompoop?
15A:Type of terrier: CAIRN. Here is Toto and Dorothy.
16A: PBS series: NOVA. Know it, but I've never watched it.
19A: Judah's son: ONAN. The only Judah's son that I know of.
21A: Tabs horn: BUGLE. Still waiting for its anagram BULGE to appear in a TMS puzzle.
22A: Dr. Leary's turn-on: LSD (Lysergic Acid Diethylamide). I like the clue. Dictionary says L. S. D. is also the abbreviation of "Pounds, Shilling & Pence". I wonder why pound is always abbreviated as lb, and why D for pence?
23A: Drag along: LUG 24A: And 24A: Drags forcibly: HAULS. Why drag twice, Mr. Editor?
35A: Again, in music: BIS. I don't know this word. Got it from down clues. Again is always "Encore" to me.
41A: Nagy of Hungary: IMRE. Nope, I've never heard of him. I only know its anagram EMIR.
42A: Absinthe flavoring: ANISE. Is it legal to sell absinthe in the US now?
48A: Furry TV alien: ALF. Got it this time. Also ALF Landon, the Republican guy who was defeated by FDR in 1936.
52A: Not another person: NO ONE ELSE. NO ONE ELSE comes close you, no one makes me feel the way you do...
61A: Acid type: AMINO. It's the protein unit.
64A: Inert gas: XENON. Came From Greek Xenos, hmm, foreign to me that's for sure. It's Element #54.
DOWN:
1D: Sunscreen ingredient: PABA (Para-AminoBenzoic Acid). Completely unknown to me. Here is the definition: "A crystalline para form of aminobenzoic acid that is part of the vitamin B complex, is required by many organisms for the formation of folic acids, and is widely used in sunscreens to absorb ultraviolet light. Also called vitamin Bx"
4D: One type of parking: PARALLEL
7D: QB's command: HIKE. The clue seems to be asking for an abbreviated answer, doesn't it?
8D: Sitcom equine: MR. ED. No problem this time.
10D: Stop, already: ENOUGH. Yes, everyone has a limit.
11D: Round instrument: GONG. Do you love GONG Li ? She starred in Memoirs of a Geisha. She is my favorite Chinese actress.
23D: Actor Jared: LETO. His face looks familiar to me. But I don't remember his name.
24D: Lacks: HASN'T
25D: Guam port, once: AGANA. Capital of Guam. Why "once" in the clue?
26D: One of the archangels: URIEL
27D: Nuclear physicist Enrico: FERMI. He won Nobel Physics in 1938. Not a familiar name to me.
29D: Singer LeAnn: RIMES. "And tell me now, how do I live without you?"
30D: Seething: ABOIL. And 39D: Hotly: IN FEVER
32D: Middle of messes?: ESSES?
37D: Corncob or briar: PIPE. Are you familiar with "Meerchaum Pipe"?
38D: Initial data sheet: TABLE A. What is it?
44D: List of printing mistakes: ERRATA
48D: Williams of "Happy Days": ANSON. Ugh, I just hate TV sitcom characters. Could not never remember their names. I wonder how much this Cap ANSON Old Judge card costs. He is Baseball HOF.
49D: Nightclub in Manilow song: COPA. Nope, I am not familiar with COPACABANA.
52D: Town on the Seward Peninsula: NOME. Often clued as "iditarod terminus".
54D: Prefix for wine: OENO. Also Greek Goddess of wine according to Wikipedia.
57D: Breastplate of Zeus: EGIS. Or AEGIS. It's "the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena, bearing at its center the head of the Gorgon". Here is a picture of Medusa's head.
59D: Jazzy instrument: SAX. Why "jazzy" instead of "jazz"?
C.C.
