Theme: Put 'ER There
17A: Mail carriers' mascot?: POST OFFICE BOXER
37A: Winning bowman?: ARCHER OF TRIUMPH
58A: Artist's good fortune? LUCK OF THE DRAWER
Very interesting: SUPER (1D), TWO (60D) letter X's, and DENT (65D: Fender blemish). Does this remind you of Richard DENT and SUPER Bowl XX? DENT was the SUPER Bowl MVP in 1986.
ER... not an easy puzzle to PLOD (53D: walk heavily) through though. Had to overcome quite a few STERN (49D: Unyielding) HURDLES (47D: Track obstacle) this morning. I was mainly stumped by various names. I did not know Johnny's bandleader DOC. Knew Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, but I had no idea who the author was (DAHL 31D: Willie Wonka's creator). HARTE (25D: "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" writer) was another unfamiliar name to me, later I did find him clued as "The Lost Galleon Poet" on a Feb TMS puzzle. Sadly, I was not familiar with OVID's "Tristia" at all. I would have got his name if clue were "Metamorphoses" poet.
This is only the 3rd Arlan and Linda Bushman puzzle we've done since I started blogging on Jan 21. In contrast, we've been offered 20 Alan P. Olschwang puzzles. Oh those dreadful QUIPS!
ACROSS:
5A: Part of LED: DIODE. Could not retrieve this word easily from my brain. LED is "Light-Emitting Diode".
14A: River to the Caspian: URAL. Or URAL Mountains.
23A: Jay-Z, for one: RAP STAR. Of course I filled in RAPPERS first. Here is Jay-Z with Beyoncé. Feel the STEAM (32A: Word with engine or iron)? They just got married.
27A: Website visit: HIT. And another computer term: ICON (55D: Symbol)
36A: Tom Clancy subj.: CIA. Jack Ryan. My favorite is Patriot Games because it's IRA related.
42A: Canal of song: ERIE. Not familiar with the song.
44A: Dancing on air: EXULTANT. This word just looks so happy.
48A: Resistance units: OHMS. Have not seen this word for a while.
49A: Abate: SUBSIDE
56A: Juanita's other: OTRA. Obviously not ESTA or ESA.
57A: Navajo creation: RUG. I always associate RUG with SHAH (24D: Persian monarch)'s IRAN.
63A: Wield a baton: TWIRL
66A: Fictional Lorna: DOONE. Written by Richard Doddridge Blackmore.
DOWN:
1D: Fantastic!: SUPER. Familiar with this Invisible Woman in Fantastic Four?
5D: Crush: DEFEAT. It's just a little Crush, a vision of you and me...
7D: "Tristia" poet: OVID. He said "At night there is no such thing as an ugly woman".
8D: Johnny's bandleader: DOC (Severinsen). Given today's puzzle theme, it could be clued as "ER" character, don't you think so?
10D: Rakish: SPORTY. I was only familiar with the "Dissolute" Rakish, not the SPORTY one.
13D: "Chicago" star: GERE. Here is Richard GERE's famous kiss in India. Hello Dr. Dad, don't be Unfaithful in Bollywood.
18D: Punctual: ON TIME
25D: "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" writer: HARTE (Bret). Here is more information.
31D: Willie Wonka's creator: DAHL (Roald). He also wrote Kiss, Kiss.
33D: Silly Rabbit's cereal: TRIX. Tough for our fellow solvers in Asia who do not eat cereal for breakfast.
35D: Brass: HORNS
45D: Keepsake jewelry: LOCKET
46D: Cosby's TV son: THEO. I don't know this one. Only know THEO as van Gogh's brother. Here is the sculpture The Scream in memory of the film director THEO van Gogh who was murdered in 2004. It's made of stainless STEEL (43A: Beam makeup: STEEL). I could not understand the symbol though.
50D: Golfer Hale: IRWIN. I always want his name to be ERWIN. This guy is good. Tremendous success in Sr. PGA Tour (I just can not get used to this Champions Tour name) as well.
54D: Yokel: RUBE. I wonder where this word RUBE came from.
56D: Louisville's river: OHIO
59D: Bouquet letters: FTD (Florist's Transworld Delivery). I want this.
60D: Tenth of a score: TWO. Looks like our Editor is really trying to settle some scores with us. Half a score (TEN) was in yesterday's puzzle.
A question for you: Do you guys also have the problems seeing the Chinese characters (中文) in my blog or Thomas is the only one?
C.C.
17A: Mail carriers' mascot?: POST OFFICE BOXER
37A: Winning bowman?: ARCHER OF TRIUMPH
58A: Artist's good fortune? LUCK OF THE DRAWER
Very interesting: SUPER (1D), TWO (60D) letter X's, and DENT (65D: Fender blemish). Does this remind you of Richard DENT and SUPER Bowl XX? DENT was the SUPER Bowl MVP in 1986.
ER... not an easy puzzle to PLOD (53D: walk heavily) through though. Had to overcome quite a few STERN (49D: Unyielding) HURDLES (47D: Track obstacle) this morning. I was mainly stumped by various names. I did not know Johnny's bandleader DOC. Knew Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, but I had no idea who the author was (DAHL 31D: Willie Wonka's creator). HARTE (25D: "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" writer) was another unfamiliar name to me, later I did find him clued as "The Lost Galleon Poet" on a Feb TMS puzzle. Sadly, I was not familiar with OVID's "Tristia" at all. I would have got his name if clue were "Metamorphoses" poet.
This is only the 3rd Arlan and Linda Bushman puzzle we've done since I started blogging on Jan 21. In contrast, we've been offered 20 Alan P. Olschwang puzzles. Oh those dreadful QUIPS!
ACROSS:
5A: Part of LED: DIODE. Could not retrieve this word easily from my brain. LED is "Light-Emitting Diode".
14A: River to the Caspian: URAL. Or URAL Mountains.
23A: Jay-Z, for one: RAP STAR. Of course I filled in RAPPERS first. Here is Jay-Z with Beyoncé. Feel the STEAM (32A: Word with engine or iron)? They just got married.
27A: Website visit: HIT. And another computer term: ICON (55D: Symbol)
36A: Tom Clancy subj.: CIA. Jack Ryan. My favorite is Patriot Games because it's IRA related.
42A: Canal of song: ERIE. Not familiar with the song.
44A: Dancing on air: EXULTANT. This word just looks so happy.
48A: Resistance units: OHMS. Have not seen this word for a while.
49A: Abate: SUBSIDE
56A: Juanita's other: OTRA. Obviously not ESTA or ESA.
57A: Navajo creation: RUG. I always associate RUG with SHAH (24D: Persian monarch)'s IRAN.
63A: Wield a baton: TWIRL
66A: Fictional Lorna: DOONE. Written by Richard Doddridge Blackmore.
DOWN:
1D: Fantastic!: SUPER. Familiar with this Invisible Woman in Fantastic Four?
5D: Crush: DEFEAT. It's just a little Crush, a vision of you and me...
7D: "Tristia" poet: OVID. He said "At night there is no such thing as an ugly woman".
8D: Johnny's bandleader: DOC (Severinsen). Given today's puzzle theme, it could be clued as "ER" character, don't you think so?
10D: Rakish: SPORTY. I was only familiar with the "Dissolute" Rakish, not the SPORTY one.
13D: "Chicago" star: GERE. Here is Richard GERE's famous kiss in India. Hello Dr. Dad, don't be Unfaithful in Bollywood.
18D: Punctual: ON TIME
25D: "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" writer: HARTE (Bret). Here is more information.
31D: Willie Wonka's creator: DAHL (Roald). He also wrote Kiss, Kiss.
33D: Silly Rabbit's cereal: TRIX. Tough for our fellow solvers in Asia who do not eat cereal for breakfast.
35D: Brass: HORNS
45D: Keepsake jewelry: LOCKET
46D: Cosby's TV son: THEO. I don't know this one. Only know THEO as van Gogh's brother. Here is the sculpture The Scream in memory of the film director THEO van Gogh who was murdered in 2004. It's made of stainless STEEL (43A: Beam makeup: STEEL). I could not understand the symbol though.
50D: Golfer Hale: IRWIN. I always want his name to be ERWIN. This guy is good. Tremendous success in Sr. PGA Tour (I just can not get used to this Champions Tour name) as well.
54D: Yokel: RUBE. I wonder where this word RUBE came from.
56D: Louisville's river: OHIO
59D: Bouquet letters: FTD (Florist's Transworld Delivery). I want this.
60D: Tenth of a score: TWO. Looks like our Editor is really trying to settle some scores with us. Half a score (TEN) was in yesterday's puzzle.
A question for you: Do you guys also have the problems seeing the Chinese characters (中文) in my blog or Thomas is the only one?
C.C.
