Theme: Three Doctors
17A: Three doctors: SEUSS CRANE QUINN
41A: Three doctors: ZHIVAGO X DETROIT
65A: Three doctors: DOLITTLE WHO KATZ
3D: Three doctors: HOUSE ZAIUS WELBY
10D: Three doctors: QUINCY NO KILDARE
One letter (J) away from a pangram puzzle.
A hard hammer! I only know SEUSS, ZHIVAGO, DOLITTLE & NO out of those 15 Doctors, so it's definitely an epic battle for me this morning. Lots of wild guesses.
The ARU fill is probably the toughest. I simply have never heard of this Indonesian island group, nor do I know the Muslim woman's gown IZAR or the intersecting Dr. ZAIUS. The CURTIZ & ZOEA crossing Z is another stubbornly unyielding letter to fall.
After filling in GAZES (58A: Fixed looks), I felt very intense and flirtatious, so I succumbed to Google quickly.
ACROSS:
1A: TV screening device: V-CHIP
6A: Luck of the Irish: CESS. "Leprechaun" popped into my mind immediately. I am not familiar with this CESS or the "Bad CESS to somebody" curse. How ironic, since CESS stands for "Success".
10A: Area meas.: SQMI (Square mile)
16A: Part of FAQ: QUES. FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions. The QUES I receive often via emails are: What are "DFs"? What are "Perps"? Both were concocted by Dennis.
20A: Expel: CAST OUT
21A: Goober: PEANUT. Mi Hyun Kim (LPGA's PEANUT) shot 72 at US Open (Edina, MN) yesterday. What a stunning quintuple-bogey WOE (52A: Misfortune) for Michelle Wie on hole #9 (par 4)! Lorena Ochoa definitely lived up to the HYPE (32A: Flamboyant promotion). And Natalie Gulbis, the sexy LPGA calendar girl, HELD (25D: Maintained) her sweet smile so well when facing the shouts and whistlings from those huge male following.
27A: Sharp turn: ZIG
30A: Crustacean's larval stage: ZOEA. It came from Greek zōē ( life).
35A: Routinized: IN A RUT
38A: Part of MLB post-season: ALCS (American League Championship Series). Another baseball reference is HOFer MIKE Schmidt (45A: Ditka or Schmidt).
44A: Indonesian island group: ARU. Wikipedia says ARU Islands are located in the Arafura Sea southwest of New Guinea and north of Australia. Look at this map of Indonesia island.
46A: Quenches: SLAKES
51A: Mil. infor grp.: ONI (Office of Naval Intelligence)
59A: Black Sea port: ODESSA
62A: Desert plant: EPHEDRA. I only knew the Chinese word (麻黃) for the EPHEDRA supplement. Had no idea that the plant grows on desert.
68A: River of Hamburg: ELBE. Our editor likes to clue EGER as "ELBE tributary".
70A: Ancient city on the Nile: MEROE. I simply forgot. This constructor used the same clue for his Feb 19 TMS puzzle. MEROE is "a ruined city in Sudan and the Capital of ancient Ethiopia".
72A: ___ Oreille Lake: PEND. I've never heard of this lake. Wikepedia says it's Lake PEND Oreille, located in the northern Idaho panhandle. The lake drains via the PEND Oreille River.
DOWN:
6D: "Casablanca" director: CURTIZ (Michael). He won Oscar for "Casablanca". Too bad, I've never paid attention to who directed this classic.
9D: Dog of song: SHEP. Which song?
10D: Press flat: SQUASH. This SQUASH soup looks delicious.
19D: Letters in a math proofs: QED
24D: Urgers: COAXERS. Urgers?
28D: Sportscaster Cross: IRV. I've never heard of him before. Is he very well-known?
33D: ___ - dieu: PRIE. Kneeler for praying. Literally"Pray to God" in French.
35D: Muslim woman's gown: IZAR. I thought their gown is called "Burka". Dictionary defines IZAR as "a long, usually white cotton dress that covers the body completely, worn by women of North Africa and the Middle East." OK, so IZAR does not cover the head then.
36D: Racing org. NHRA (National Hot Rod Association)
37D: Wage-slave's letters: TGIF
39D: Town near Caen: ST. LO
42D: Ma Joad, for one: OKIE. I really should read "The Grapes of Wrath".
48D: Nosegays: POSIES
57D: "Loot" dramatist: ORTON (Joe). Absolutely no idea. See here for more information about this satirical playwright.
60D: Toy person: DOLL. Beautiful 1950's hard plastic Ginny DOLL. She is probably worth several hundreds in that condition, with the original box.
C.C.
17A: Three doctors: SEUSS CRANE QUINN
41A: Three doctors: ZHIVAGO X DETROIT
65A: Three doctors: DOLITTLE WHO KATZ
3D: Three doctors: HOUSE ZAIUS WELBY
10D: Three doctors: QUINCY NO KILDARE
One letter (J) away from a pangram puzzle.
A hard hammer! I only know SEUSS, ZHIVAGO, DOLITTLE & NO out of those 15 Doctors, so it's definitely an epic battle for me this morning. Lots of wild guesses.
The ARU fill is probably the toughest. I simply have never heard of this Indonesian island group, nor do I know the Muslim woman's gown IZAR or the intersecting Dr. ZAIUS. The CURTIZ & ZOEA crossing Z is another stubbornly unyielding letter to fall.
After filling in GAZES (58A: Fixed looks), I felt very intense and flirtatious, so I succumbed to Google quickly.
ACROSS:
1A: TV screening device: V-CHIP
6A: Luck of the Irish: CESS. "Leprechaun" popped into my mind immediately. I am not familiar with this CESS or the "Bad CESS to somebody" curse. How ironic, since CESS stands for "Success".
10A: Area meas.: SQMI (Square mile)
16A: Part of FAQ: QUES. FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions. The QUES I receive often via emails are: What are "DFs"? What are "Perps"? Both were concocted by Dennis.
20A: Expel: CAST OUT
21A: Goober: PEANUT. Mi Hyun Kim (LPGA's PEANUT) shot 72 at US Open (Edina, MN) yesterday. What a stunning quintuple-bogey WOE (52A: Misfortune) for Michelle Wie on hole #9 (par 4)! Lorena Ochoa definitely lived up to the HYPE (32A: Flamboyant promotion). And Natalie Gulbis, the sexy LPGA calendar girl, HELD (25D: Maintained) her sweet smile so well when facing the shouts and whistlings from those huge male following.
27A: Sharp turn: ZIG
30A: Crustacean's larval stage: ZOEA. It came from Greek zōē ( life).
35A: Routinized: IN A RUT
38A: Part of MLB post-season: ALCS (American League Championship Series). Another baseball reference is HOFer MIKE Schmidt (45A: Ditka or Schmidt).
44A: Indonesian island group: ARU. Wikipedia says ARU Islands are located in the Arafura Sea southwest of New Guinea and north of Australia. Look at this map of Indonesia island.
46A: Quenches: SLAKES
51A: Mil. infor grp.: ONI (Office of Naval Intelligence)
59A: Black Sea port: ODESSA
62A: Desert plant: EPHEDRA. I only knew the Chinese word (麻黃) for the EPHEDRA supplement. Had no idea that the plant grows on desert.
68A: River of Hamburg: ELBE. Our editor likes to clue EGER as "ELBE tributary".
70A: Ancient city on the Nile: MEROE. I simply forgot. This constructor used the same clue for his Feb 19 TMS puzzle. MEROE is "a ruined city in Sudan and the Capital of ancient Ethiopia".
72A: ___ Oreille Lake: PEND. I've never heard of this lake. Wikepedia says it's Lake PEND Oreille, located in the northern Idaho panhandle. The lake drains via the PEND Oreille River.
DOWN:
6D: "Casablanca" director: CURTIZ (Michael). He won Oscar for "Casablanca". Too bad, I've never paid attention to who directed this classic.
9D: Dog of song: SHEP. Which song?
10D: Press flat: SQUASH. This SQUASH soup looks delicious.
19D: Letters in a math proofs: QED
24D: Urgers: COAXERS. Urgers?
28D: Sportscaster Cross: IRV. I've never heard of him before. Is he very well-known?
33D: ___ - dieu: PRIE. Kneeler for praying. Literally"Pray to God" in French.
35D: Muslim woman's gown: IZAR. I thought their gown is called "Burka". Dictionary defines IZAR as "a long, usually white cotton dress that covers the body completely, worn by women of North Africa and the Middle East." OK, so IZAR does not cover the head then.
36D: Racing org. NHRA (National Hot Rod Association)
37D: Wage-slave's letters: TGIF
39D: Town near Caen: ST. LO
42D: Ma Joad, for one: OKIE. I really should read "The Grapes of Wrath".
48D: Nosegays: POSIES
57D: "Loot" dramatist: ORTON (Joe). Absolutely no idea. See here for more information about this satirical playwright.
60D: Toy person: DOLL. Beautiful 1950's hard plastic Ginny DOLL. She is probably worth several hundreds in that condition, with the original box.
C.C.
