Theme: Love is Sharing
17A: Start of a quip: LOVE DOES
29A: Part 2 of quip: NOT EXIST
44A: Part 3 of quip: UNLESS IT
58A: End of quip: IS SHARED
This is so similiar to that memorable line in "Into the Wild": Happiness is only real when it's shared.
Anyway, I beg to differ. Unrequited love is not shared, but it does exist.
Nothing exciting about this puzzle. I think "Most senior" is more accurate than just "Senior " for 63A ELDEST. Really liked the clue for PARER (49D: Trimmer). The clue misguided me into thinking LEANER/THINNER.
If you have solved Barry Silk's LA Times themeless puzzle (Feb 21, Saturday), please scroll own and read Dr. Dad's blog post. I apologize for the earlier release. I am aware that some of you have not solved the puzzle yet. Neither have I, as I intended to publish the post here on March 1 Sunday. I had planned to solve it on Saturday myself so I would have fresh memories when I comment. Unfortunately the news was leaked last night and I don't want to dilute the comments into various segments.
Across:
5A: __ d'Isere, France: VAL. The French skiing resort. Literally "Valley of the Isere River".
19A: Hogs the mirror: PRIMPS. Brought back the campus life again. The girl who used to hog our mirror has changed so much.
22A: Also: PLUS. Did not come to me immediately. I am more used to the "Plus" clue for ALSO.
25A: Republican symbol: ELEPHANT. The symbol was created by cartoonist Nast. It first appeard in Harper's Weekly on Nov 7, 1874.
31A: Cover crop: SOY. What exactly is "Cover crop"?
37A: Tippy vessel: CANOE. The Eskimo CANOE is Kayak, "man's boat". Umiak is literally "woman's boat". All those paddlers are men though.
40A: Singer Vallee: RUDY. Vaguely remember this singer. What are his signature songs?
41A: Kin partner: KITH. KITH and kin.
52A: Tracy's Trueheart: TESS. I like this name Trueheart. Ada Lovelace, Baron's daughter, has an affectionate surname too.
55A: Neville and Burr: AARONS. Oh, AARON Neville and Linda Ronstadst made "Don't Know Much" famous. I did not know that.
62A: Selfsame: VERY. I thought "selfsame" means "identical", "the same".
Down:
1D: Ike's opponent: ADLAI. Better than "Loser to Ike". I imagine Illinois was as messy as it is today when ADLAI Stevenson was the governor.
5D: Bluish purple: VIOLET. This puzzle is so boring today. Let's create some silly poems. Roses are red, VIOLETS are blue .... now you finish the last two lines.
10D: Actress Van Devere: TRISH. Easy guess. She was married to George C Scott.
22D: Bases of columns: PLINTHS. I thought of PILLARS first.
25D: Demanded with force: EXACTED. Kim Jong-il has been suspiciously missing.
30D: Stars in Bordeaux: ETOILES. Van Gogh's "La Nuit Etoilée" ("Starry Night"). I wish I could paint my dreams.
36D: Capital of Ecuador: QUITO. ECUADOR was clued as "Quito's country" a week ago. Sucre is their monetary unit.
39D: Computer snag: GLITCH
41D: Israel's parliament: KNESSET. Netanyahu's right-wing Likud Party won 27 seats (out of a total of 120) in the last election. Does he look charming to you?
45D: Group in a group: SUBSET. I am very confused.
55D: Bart's grandpa: ABE. "The Simpsons". Homer's father.
56D: To a man: ALL. "To a man" is a new phrase to me. Is it similar to "As one man"?
57D: Actor Steiger: ROD. He won Best Actor Oscar for "In the Heat of the Night", my favorite Sidney Poitier movie.
C.C.
17A: Start of a quip: LOVE DOES
29A: Part 2 of quip: NOT EXIST
44A: Part 3 of quip: UNLESS IT
58A: End of quip: IS SHARED
This is so similiar to that memorable line in "Into the Wild": Happiness is only real when it's shared.
Anyway, I beg to differ. Unrequited love is not shared, but it does exist.
Nothing exciting about this puzzle. I think "Most senior" is more accurate than just "Senior " for 63A ELDEST. Really liked the clue for PARER (49D: Trimmer). The clue misguided me into thinking LEANER/THINNER.
If you have solved Barry Silk's LA Times themeless puzzle (Feb 21, Saturday), please scroll own and read Dr. Dad's blog post. I apologize for the earlier release. I am aware that some of you have not solved the puzzle yet. Neither have I, as I intended to publish the post here on March 1 Sunday. I had planned to solve it on Saturday myself so I would have fresh memories when I comment. Unfortunately the news was leaked last night and I don't want to dilute the comments into various segments.
Across:
5A: __ d'Isere, France: VAL. The French skiing resort. Literally "Valley of the Isere River".
19A: Hogs the mirror: PRIMPS. Brought back the campus life again. The girl who used to hog our mirror has changed so much.
22A: Also: PLUS. Did not come to me immediately. I am more used to the "Plus" clue for ALSO.
25A: Republican symbol: ELEPHANT. The symbol was created by cartoonist Nast. It first appeard in Harper's Weekly on Nov 7, 1874.
31A: Cover crop: SOY. What exactly is "Cover crop"?
37A: Tippy vessel: CANOE. The Eskimo CANOE is Kayak, "man's boat". Umiak is literally "woman's boat". All those paddlers are men though.
40A: Singer Vallee: RUDY. Vaguely remember this singer. What are his signature songs?
41A: Kin partner: KITH. KITH and kin.
52A: Tracy's Trueheart: TESS. I like this name Trueheart. Ada Lovelace, Baron's daughter, has an affectionate surname too.
55A: Neville and Burr: AARONS. Oh, AARON Neville and Linda Ronstadst made "Don't Know Much" famous. I did not know that.
62A: Selfsame: VERY. I thought "selfsame" means "identical", "the same".
Down:
1D: Ike's opponent: ADLAI. Better than "Loser to Ike". I imagine Illinois was as messy as it is today when ADLAI Stevenson was the governor.
5D: Bluish purple: VIOLET. This puzzle is so boring today. Let's create some silly poems. Roses are red, VIOLETS are blue .... now you finish the last two lines.
10D: Actress Van Devere: TRISH. Easy guess. She was married to George C Scott.
22D: Bases of columns: PLINTHS. I thought of PILLARS first.
25D: Demanded with force: EXACTED. Kim Jong-il has been suspiciously missing.
30D: Stars in Bordeaux: ETOILES. Van Gogh's "La Nuit Etoilée" ("Starry Night"). I wish I could paint my dreams.
36D: Capital of Ecuador: QUITO. ECUADOR was clued as "Quito's country" a week ago. Sucre is their monetary unit.
39D: Computer snag: GLITCH
41D: Israel's parliament: KNESSET. Netanyahu's right-wing Likud Party won 27 seats (out of a total of 120) in the last election. Does he look charming to you?
45D: Group in a group: SUBSET. I am very confused.
55D: Bart's grandpa: ABE. "The Simpsons". Homer's father.
56D: To a man: ALL. "To a man" is a new phrase to me. Is it similar to "As one man"?
57D: Actor Steiger: ROD. He won Best Actor Oscar for "In the Heat of the Night", my favorite Sidney Poitier movie.
C.C.
