Theme: None
Total blocks: 30
This does not feel like an Allan E. Parrish puzzle, does it? There are no Z, Q or X. I think Barry Silk's puzzles are more consistent, with all those scrabbly letters.
I just had a quick look at my blog summery earlier. Since Jan 21, we've solved 45 Alan P. Olschwang puzzles, 28 Alan E. Parrish, 25 Michael T. Williams, 20 Barry Silk and 18 Josiah Breward. I wish John Underwood could be more productive. Some of Norma Steinberg's and Stan Whitten's puzzles are very entertaining too.
I don't expect much grumbling about this puzzle today. Pretty straightforward cluing. Most of the new words are obtainable from the adjacent fills. The clue for TRADE NAME (33D: Corporate ID) should not be abbreviated.
Across:
1A: '80 arcade game: MS. PAC-MAN. Stumper for me. I only knew PAC-MAN.
15A: Bologna tongue: ITALIANO. Both Jude Law and Matt Damon are great in "The Talented Mr. Ripley". I like "Tu Vuo' Fa L'Americano", though I don't understand the meaning of the lyrics.
17A: Denial: NEGATION
20A: Loss of memory: AMNESIA. I also love "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind". It's about AMNESIA, lacunar AMNESIA to be exact.
23A: Show shock, e.g.: REACT. "It's not what happens to you, but how you REACT to it that matters". Hard to obtain Epictetus' stoical self-discipline though.
26A: NASA orbiter: ISS (International Space Station). Our editor likes to clue ESA as "NASA's ISS partner".
27A: 1997 Nicolas Cage movie: CON AIR. Some of it is too violent for my taste. I like the song "How Do I Live".
31A: Space station visitor: ASTRONAUT. I have an autographed John Glenn picture.
34A: Behind with bills: IN ARREARS
39A: Ones with a will: TESTATORS. What is the word for "Ones without a will"?
45A: Old-time actress Renee: ADOREE. I forgot. Saw this clue before. She was a silent film star. And she died when she was only 35, without a will.
46A: D-Day vessel: LST. It's used in "Saving Private Ryan".
55A: Aircraft pioneer: CESSNA (Clyde). Ha, I forgot all about him & his aircraft. My poor graying brain!
59A: Spanish pianist Jose: ITURBI. No idea. Here is ITUBRBI playing Chopin's "Fantaisie-Impromptu".
61A: Molded dishes: ASPICS. I am going to try this vegetable ASPIC someday. Marvelous idea to sprinkle over some pistachio nuts.
62A: Pittsburgh players: STEELERS. They have won 5 Super Bowls. Vikings: 0.
Down:
1D: Mediterranean island: MINORCA. Great map. See MINORA & Majorca? They belong to Spain. I've never heard of it before.
3D: Public spectacle: PAGEANT. What a mysterious case with that little PAGEANT princess JonBenet!
5D: Tickets: CITATIONS
12D: Vertical bar between panes: MULLION. Unknow to me. These are not MULLIONS, are they? They are horizontal.
24D: Piranha: CARIBE. No idea. Ozzi Guillen likes to call Twins players "Piranhas".
30D: Greek advisor at Troy: NESTOR. Another unknown. Dictionary says NESTOR is "the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos." He was an Argonaut and was 110 when the war started. I don't remember seeing him in "Troy".
32D: Conductor Toscanini: ARTURO. I forgot his name, again. He has appeared twice in our puzzle before. He was a conductor for the New York Philharmonic for 10 years (1926-1936). He looks so intense.
35D: One-time link: AT A. One AT A time.
36D: Island near Martinique: ST LUCIA. See this map.
37D: Mollycoddles: COSSETS. Any other synonym besides pampers?
40D: Mouth: ORIFICE
44D: French port on the channel: CALAIS. Forgot also. Shouldn't the clue be "French port on the English Channel"?
47D: "Countdown" network: MSNBC. I only watch "Hardball with Chris Matthews" now.
51D: Fractions of a joule: ERGS. 1 joule = 10 million ERGS.
52D: Frobe of "Goldfinger": GERT. No idea. Got his name from the across fills.
58D: Latvian chess maker: TAL (Mikhail). He was born in Riga, Latvia. See this picture. I've never heard of Iakov Damsky.
C.C.
Total blocks: 30
This does not feel like an Allan E. Parrish puzzle, does it? There are no Z, Q or X. I think Barry Silk's puzzles are more consistent, with all those scrabbly letters.
I just had a quick look at my blog summery earlier. Since Jan 21, we've solved 45 Alan P. Olschwang puzzles, 28 Alan E. Parrish, 25 Michael T. Williams, 20 Barry Silk and 18 Josiah Breward. I wish John Underwood could be more productive. Some of Norma Steinberg's and Stan Whitten's puzzles are very entertaining too.
I don't expect much grumbling about this puzzle today. Pretty straightforward cluing. Most of the new words are obtainable from the adjacent fills. The clue for TRADE NAME (33D: Corporate ID) should not be abbreviated.
Across:
1A: '80 arcade game: MS. PAC-MAN. Stumper for me. I only knew PAC-MAN.
15A: Bologna tongue: ITALIANO. Both Jude Law and Matt Damon are great in "The Talented Mr. Ripley". I like "Tu Vuo' Fa L'Americano", though I don't understand the meaning of the lyrics.
17A: Denial: NEGATION
20A: Loss of memory: AMNESIA. I also love "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind". It's about AMNESIA, lacunar AMNESIA to be exact.
23A: Show shock, e.g.: REACT. "It's not what happens to you, but how you REACT to it that matters". Hard to obtain Epictetus' stoical self-discipline though.
26A: NASA orbiter: ISS (International Space Station). Our editor likes to clue ESA as "NASA's ISS partner".
27A: 1997 Nicolas Cage movie: CON AIR. Some of it is too violent for my taste. I like the song "How Do I Live".
31A: Space station visitor: ASTRONAUT. I have an autographed John Glenn picture.
34A: Behind with bills: IN ARREARS
39A: Ones with a will: TESTATORS. What is the word for "Ones without a will"?
45A: Old-time actress Renee: ADOREE. I forgot. Saw this clue before. She was a silent film star. And she died when she was only 35, without a will.
46A: D-Day vessel: LST. It's used in "Saving Private Ryan".
55A: Aircraft pioneer: CESSNA (Clyde). Ha, I forgot all about him & his aircraft. My poor graying brain!
59A: Spanish pianist Jose: ITURBI. No idea. Here is ITUBRBI playing Chopin's "Fantaisie-Impromptu".
61A: Molded dishes: ASPICS. I am going to try this vegetable ASPIC someday. Marvelous idea to sprinkle over some pistachio nuts.
62A: Pittsburgh players: STEELERS. They have won 5 Super Bowls. Vikings: 0.
Down:
1D: Mediterranean island: MINORCA. Great map. See MINORA & Majorca? They belong to Spain. I've never heard of it before.
3D: Public spectacle: PAGEANT. What a mysterious case with that little PAGEANT princess JonBenet!
5D: Tickets: CITATIONS
12D: Vertical bar between panes: MULLION. Unknow to me. These are not MULLIONS, are they? They are horizontal.
24D: Piranha: CARIBE. No idea. Ozzi Guillen likes to call Twins players "Piranhas".
30D: Greek advisor at Troy: NESTOR. Another unknown. Dictionary says NESTOR is "the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos." He was an Argonaut and was 110 when the war started. I don't remember seeing him in "Troy".
32D: Conductor Toscanini: ARTURO. I forgot his name, again. He has appeared twice in our puzzle before. He was a conductor for the New York Philharmonic for 10 years (1926-1936). He looks so intense.
35D: One-time link: AT A. One AT A time.
36D: Island near Martinique: ST LUCIA. See this map.
37D: Mollycoddles: COSSETS. Any other synonym besides pampers?
40D: Mouth: ORIFICE
44D: French port on the channel: CALAIS. Forgot also. Shouldn't the clue be "French port on the English Channel"?
47D: "Countdown" network: MSNBC. I only watch "Hardball with Chris Matthews" now.
51D: Fractions of a joule: ERGS. 1 joule = 10 million ERGS.
52D: Frobe of "Goldfinger": GERT. No idea. Got his name from the across fills.
58D: Latvian chess maker: TAL (Mikhail). He was born in Riga, Latvia. See this picture. I've never heard of Iakov Damsky.
C.C.
