Theme: Be Careful
20A: Start of practical advice: NEVER TEST THE
39A: Part 2 of advice: DEPTH OF THE WATER
59A: End of advice: WITH BOTH FEET
Is this supposed to be an sarcastic advice? Who tests the depth of water with both feet?
I think I have common ground with Stan. We can talk. He seldom stumps me with obscure words or names. There is a certain ALOE calmness about his grid.
Some flaws:
10A: No-no: TABU. Needs "var" in the clue.
24A: Mets stadium: SHEA. Not any more, SHEA is being demolished now. Citi Field will be Mets stadium in 2009.
29D: Booze, butts and bullets bureau: ATF. Needs an abbreviated "org." or "agcy" to replace "bureau".
39D: Isl. off Australia: TAS. The official abbreviation of Tasmania is TASM. "Prof.'s helpers" would be a better clue for TAS.
Across:
5A: Korbut and others: OLGAS. Another Olympic gold medal winner is TARA (65A: Skater Lipinski)
15A: Apply blusher: ROUGE. I did not know that ROUGE can be a verb.
25A: Turkey mister: TOM. Did anyone think the clue was asking for "Mr." in Turkish language?
30A: Free from restraint: AT LARGE. The first word that popped into my brain is BRALESS.
32A: McBain and McMahon: EDS. Did not know ED McBain.
44A: Mafia leader: CAPO. Sometimes it's clued as "Guitar device".
45A: B'way sign: SRO. Do they really have SRO sign in B'way now?
46A: Napoleon's birthplace: CORSICA. See this map. The answer could be BAKERY if the constructor is in the mood to play with "birthplace". Want some Napoleon?
53A: Board joint: DADO. No idea. I got it from the down fills. See this DADO joint.
64A: "Jurassic Park" star Sam: NEILL. Not familiar with this actor. Have never seen "Jurassic Park".
70A: Acapulco bread?: PESOS
Down:
5D: Sacred story set to music: ORATORIO. Got it this time. Wikipedia says Handel is "credited with writing the first English language ORATORIO. Is his "Messiah" in English then?
8D: First name in mysteries: AGATHA. Interesting to read her adventurous stories in Iraq during 1930's with her archaeologist husband.
9D: Last part of a sonnet: SESTET. New definition to me. Dictionary says "it's the last six lines of a sonnet in Italian form".
12D: Hogan or Franklin: BEN. Hogan had such a compact & powerful swing. Another golfer is HAL (22D: Sutton of PGA), one of the nicest guys in PGA Tour. He cries easily.
21D: Stick 'em up!: REACH. Is "Stick 'em up" a slang? I've never heard of it before. And ADHERE (49D: Stick fast). I thought "Stick (to)" is a better clue.
32D: Formal proclamation: EDICT
33D: Apollo's birthplace: DELOS. Also the birthplace for his Twin sister Artemis of course. I wonder why there are so many islands ending with letter "os" in Cyclades. See KEA? It's in our puzzle last time.
41D: Formal letters: EPISTLES. New definition to me.
59D: Split: WENT. They are not synonymous, are they? I penned in RENT (pp form of REND) first.
61D: Shriner topper: FEZ. "Shriner" is a new word to me.
C.C.
20A: Start of practical advice: NEVER TEST THE
39A: Part 2 of advice: DEPTH OF THE WATER
59A: End of advice: WITH BOTH FEET
Is this supposed to be an sarcastic advice? Who tests the depth of water with both feet?
I think I have common ground with Stan. We can talk. He seldom stumps me with obscure words or names. There is a certain ALOE calmness about his grid.
Some flaws:
10A: No-no: TABU. Needs "var" in the clue.
24A: Mets stadium: SHEA. Not any more, SHEA is being demolished now. Citi Field will be Mets stadium in 2009.
29D: Booze, butts and bullets bureau: ATF. Needs an abbreviated "org." or "agcy" to replace "bureau".
39D: Isl. off Australia: TAS. The official abbreviation of Tasmania is TASM. "Prof.'s helpers" would be a better clue for TAS.
Across:
5A: Korbut and others: OLGAS. Another Olympic gold medal winner is TARA (65A: Skater Lipinski)
15A: Apply blusher: ROUGE. I did not know that ROUGE can be a verb.
25A: Turkey mister: TOM. Did anyone think the clue was asking for "Mr." in Turkish language?
30A: Free from restraint: AT LARGE. The first word that popped into my brain is BRALESS.
32A: McBain and McMahon: EDS. Did not know ED McBain.
44A: Mafia leader: CAPO. Sometimes it's clued as "Guitar device".
45A: B'way sign: SRO. Do they really have SRO sign in B'way now?
46A: Napoleon's birthplace: CORSICA. See this map. The answer could be BAKERY if the constructor is in the mood to play with "birthplace". Want some Napoleon?
53A: Board joint: DADO. No idea. I got it from the down fills. See this DADO joint.
64A: "Jurassic Park" star Sam: NEILL. Not familiar with this actor. Have never seen "Jurassic Park".
70A: Acapulco bread?: PESOS
Down:
5D: Sacred story set to music: ORATORIO. Got it this time. Wikipedia says Handel is "credited with writing the first English language ORATORIO. Is his "Messiah" in English then?
8D: First name in mysteries: AGATHA. Interesting to read her adventurous stories in Iraq during 1930's with her archaeologist husband.
9D: Last part of a sonnet: SESTET. New definition to me. Dictionary says "it's the last six lines of a sonnet in Italian form".
12D: Hogan or Franklin: BEN. Hogan had such a compact & powerful swing. Another golfer is HAL (22D: Sutton of PGA), one of the nicest guys in PGA Tour. He cries easily.
21D: Stick 'em up!: REACH. Is "Stick 'em up" a slang? I've never heard of it before. And ADHERE (49D: Stick fast). I thought "Stick (to)" is a better clue.
32D: Formal proclamation: EDICT
33D: Apollo's birthplace: DELOS. Also the birthplace for his Twin sister Artemis of course. I wonder why there are so many islands ending with letter "os" in Cyclades. See KEA? It's in our puzzle last time.
41D: Formal letters: EPISTLES. New definition to me.
59D: Split: WENT. They are not synonymous, are they? I penned in RENT (pp form of REND) first.
61D: Shriner topper: FEZ. "Shriner" is a new word to me.
C.C.
