Theme: How Now Brown Cow
20A: Feeling Okay?: HOW ARE THINGS?
29A: Occasionally: NOW AND THEN
46A: Rolling Stones hit: BROWN SUGAR
56A: Farmer's outing contest: COW CHIP THROW
I was bewildered by Barry's choice for 46A. I wanted a BOW* phrase, thinking of a WOW rhyming theme. (Addendum: I was not aware of "How now brown cow" phrase. Thanks, Chris.)
I've never heard of COW CHIP THROW. I did not know the meaning of COW CHIP. How can people stand the smell?
Are you OK with the HORNET clue (67A: Charlotte pro)? Shouldn't be "New Orleans pro"? I also don't understand the STRIP clue (55D: Get into your birthday suit?). How so?
Across:
1 Math proof letter: QED. Have not seen ERAT (Often clued as "Part of QED") for a while.
4A: Triton's sch.: UCSD (University of California, San Diego). I did not know that Tritons is their mascot.
14A: Verse starter?: UNI. No guts to clue it as "Sex starter"?
15A: Lanai neighbor: MAUI. I wonder why Hawaiian language are so vowel intensive.
16A: Having a tapering end: POINTY
18A: Tournament passes: BYES
23A: Luke's Jedi mentor: OBI-WAN. Do you know how the author came up with this name? It sounds very Japanese.
33A: Glum drop: TEAR. Very unexpected clue. I like it though.
44A: Linguist Chomsky: NOAM. I forgot. Saw this clue before. Is he very famous?
48A: Key with 3 sharps: A MAJ. I suppose "3" indictes that the answer needs to be abbreviated.
53A: QVC rival: HSN (Home Shopping Network). QVC will be a very scrabbly answer for "HSN rival".
54A: Court decree: ASSIZE. This is a new word to me. I thought of WRIT.
59A: #1 hit by the Fleetwoods: MR. BLUE. Here is the song. New to me also.
62A: Purim's month: ADAR
65A: Soda brand: NEHI
68A: C. Everett __: KOOP. I googled. He was Reagan's Surgeon General.
Down:
1D: Cape Cod clam: QUAHOG
4D: Eclipse shadow: UMBRA. Partial shadow is penumbra.
6D: Mutton fat: SUET. Is it the same as lard?
9D: Beatnik instrument: BONGO DRUM. BONGO was clued as "Drum type" in Barry's last puzzle. Here is "Let There Be Drums" again.
12D: MO town: STL. I am used to the "Cardinal's letters" clue.
13D: Part of a wd: SYL And PHRASE (64A: String of word).
27D: Cameo stone: ONYX. This ONYX tile looks broken.
31D: Injustice: WRONG
32D: Bo's number: TEN. Very sexy bellyrolling scene.
33D: Brownstone, perhaps: TOWNHOUSE. Or this brand of cracker, perhaps.
37D: Roof with removable panels: T- TOP
40D: Nonvenomous snake: BOA. I had no idea that it's nonvenomous.
43D: Comparable to candy or kisses: AS SWEET. How old is this sign?
45D: Plains tribe: ARAPAHO. Sigh, I forgot again. It's been in our puzzle 3 times since I started blogging.
49D: Desert illusion: MIRAGE. Do you like "The English Patient"?
50D: Portuguese islands: AZORES. See this map. It's in North Atlantic. New to me.
51D: Gems: JEWELS
57D: Slugger Aaron: HANK. We often see AARON clued as "Slugger Hank".
59D: Radar gun meas.: MPH
C.C.
20A: Feeling Okay?: HOW ARE THINGS?
29A: Occasionally: NOW AND THEN
46A: Rolling Stones hit: BROWN SUGAR
56A: Farmer's outing contest: COW CHIP THROW
I was bewildered by Barry's choice for 46A. I wanted a BOW* phrase, thinking of a WOW rhyming theme. (Addendum: I was not aware of "How now brown cow" phrase. Thanks, Chris.)
I've never heard of COW CHIP THROW. I did not know the meaning of COW CHIP. How can people stand the smell?
Are you OK with the HORNET clue (67A: Charlotte pro)? Shouldn't be "New Orleans pro"? I also don't understand the STRIP clue (55D: Get into your birthday suit?). How so?
Across:
1 Math proof letter: QED. Have not seen ERAT (Often clued as "Part of QED") for a while.
4A: Triton's sch.: UCSD (University of California, San Diego). I did not know that Tritons is their mascot.
14A: Verse starter?: UNI. No guts to clue it as "Sex starter"?
15A: Lanai neighbor: MAUI. I wonder why Hawaiian language are so vowel intensive.
16A: Having a tapering end: POINTY
18A: Tournament passes: BYES
23A: Luke's Jedi mentor: OBI-WAN. Do you know how the author came up with this name? It sounds very Japanese.
33A: Glum drop: TEAR. Very unexpected clue. I like it though.
44A: Linguist Chomsky: NOAM. I forgot. Saw this clue before. Is he very famous?
48A: Key with 3 sharps: A MAJ. I suppose "3" indictes that the answer needs to be abbreviated.
53A: QVC rival: HSN (Home Shopping Network). QVC will be a very scrabbly answer for "HSN rival".
54A: Court decree: ASSIZE. This is a new word to me. I thought of WRIT.
59A: #1 hit by the Fleetwoods: MR. BLUE. Here is the song. New to me also.
62A: Purim's month: ADAR
65A: Soda brand: NEHI
68A: C. Everett __: KOOP. I googled. He was Reagan's Surgeon General.
Down:
1D: Cape Cod clam: QUAHOG
4D: Eclipse shadow: UMBRA. Partial shadow is penumbra.
6D: Mutton fat: SUET. Is it the same as lard?
9D: Beatnik instrument: BONGO DRUM. BONGO was clued as "Drum type" in Barry's last puzzle. Here is "Let There Be Drums" again.
12D: MO town: STL. I am used to the "Cardinal's letters" clue.
13D: Part of a wd: SYL And PHRASE (64A: String of word).
27D: Cameo stone: ONYX. This ONYX tile looks broken.
31D: Injustice: WRONG
32D: Bo's number: TEN. Very sexy bellyrolling scene.
33D: Brownstone, perhaps: TOWNHOUSE. Or this brand of cracker, perhaps.
37D: Roof with removable panels: T- TOP
40D: Nonvenomous snake: BOA. I had no idea that it's nonvenomous.
43D: Comparable to candy or kisses: AS SWEET. How old is this sign?
45D: Plains tribe: ARAPAHO. Sigh, I forgot again. It's been in our puzzle 3 times since I started blogging.
49D: Desert illusion: MIRAGE. Do you like "The English Patient"?
50D: Portuguese islands: AZORES. See this map. It's in North Atlantic. New to me.
51D: Gems: JEWELS
57D: Slugger Aaron: HANK. We often see AARON clued as "Slugger Hank".
59D: Radar gun meas.: MPH
C.C.
