Theme: "Put Your Hands Where I Can See Them"
20A: "Hands up!": REACH FOR THE SKY
39A: "Hands down!": NO MORE QUESTIONS
55A: "Hands off!": LEAVE THAT ALONE
Argyle blogging.
I'm sorry but my computer/ISP is very slow this morning so my comments are abbreviated. I can count on the rest of you to put in their favorite links, can't I? I should say I didn't look at all the video links I used, so I hope they're all right.
Across:
6A: Deer little one: FAWN. And 10A: Little cow: CALF.
14A: __ Litella: Gilda Radner's "Never mind!" character: EMILY.
17A: "The Thinker" sculptor: RODIN. Pic. Was he thinking, "This is one uncomfortable pose"?
19A: Payroll tax that funds Soc. Sec.: FICA. Federal Insurance Contributions Act
23A: Fit for the military: ONE A.
24A: Do a slow burn: SEETHE.
27A: Backside: DUFF. It's not just a beer on the "Simpsons" Here are four other meanings derived from different roots.
31A: Like a childhood stage, to Freud : ORAL. Is the term fixation used anywhere else?
33A: Like fantastic tales: TALL.
35A: Do-__: desperate : OR DIE. DO-OR-DIE. The quote from Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem is Ours not to reason why, ours but to do and die. "Do, or do not. There is no try." - Yoda.
43A: Right triangle ratio: SINE.
44A: Razor-billed birds: AUKS. Their eyes are hard to make out.
47A: Doofus: DOLT.
49A: Fed. auditing agency: GAO. The Government Accountability Office
50A: "Pet" sources of irritation: PEEVES.
53A: Speed-of-sound word: MACH.
60A: Two-thirds of Santa's laugh: HO HO. A gimme for me!
61A: Old-time drummer Gene: KRUPA. Gene Krupa, 1909 – 1973, was born in Chicago. clip
63A: Refreshing rapper/actor?: ICE-T. and 9D: Summer refresher with a three-leaf logo: NESTEA. pic
65A: Pentium maker: INTEL.
68A: Letters before tees: ESSES.
Down:
3D: Purchase for your Xbox: VIDEO GAME.
4D: Gonzalez in 2000 news: ELIAN.
5D: Matched, as dubbed dialogue to mouth movements: SYNCED.
6D: Feudal estate: FIEF.
10D: Food fight site: CAFETERIA.
11D: Make-__ Foundation: A-WISH.
12D: English philosopher John: LOCKE.
13D: Chef Bobby: FLAY.
21D: Terre __, Indiana: HAUTE.
22D: Serf of ancient Sparta: HELOT.
26D: Camaro __-Z: muscle car: IROC. International Race of Champions. They have their own web site.
28D: Web pages with basic site info: FAQS. Frequently asked questions. Constructors get to use a Q without a U.
29D: Lighter __: Zippo filler: FLUID.
32D: Years on the job : LONGEVITY.
36D: Dunked snacks: DOUGHNUTS.
37D: Durante's "__ Dinka Doo": INKA. clip
38D: "Happy motoring" gas: ESSO.
40D: Christopher who played Superman: REEVE.
41D: Alabama march city: SELMA. Integration and civil rights march.
48D: Nonsilent film: TALKIE.
50D: London change: PENCE.
54D: Preserves, as beef: CORNS. Corned beef; one of those things where I like the cheaper cut better.
55D: Let go, with "off': LAID.
57D: Corrida critter: TORO. Is the editor putting in all these alliterations just for you, C.C,?
62D: Capp and Gore: ALS. A cartoonist and a subject of cartoons.
Answer grid.
Argyle
20A: "Hands up!": REACH FOR THE SKY
39A: "Hands down!": NO MORE QUESTIONS
55A: "Hands off!": LEAVE THAT ALONE
Argyle blogging.
I'm sorry but my computer/ISP is very slow this morning so my comments are abbreviated. I can count on the rest of you to put in their favorite links, can't I? I should say I didn't look at all the video links I used, so I hope they're all right.
Across:
6A: Deer little one: FAWN. And 10A: Little cow: CALF.
14A: __ Litella: Gilda Radner's "Never mind!" character: EMILY.
17A: "The Thinker" sculptor: RODIN. Pic. Was he thinking, "This is one uncomfortable pose"?
19A: Payroll tax that funds Soc. Sec.: FICA. Federal Insurance Contributions Act
23A: Fit for the military: ONE A.
24A: Do a slow burn: SEETHE.
27A: Backside: DUFF. It's not just a beer on the "Simpsons" Here are four other meanings derived from different roots.
31A: Like a childhood stage, to Freud : ORAL. Is the term fixation used anywhere else?
33A: Like fantastic tales: TALL.
35A: Do-__: desperate : OR DIE. DO-OR-DIE. The quote from Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem is Ours not to reason why, ours but to do and die. "Do, or do not. There is no try." - Yoda.
43A: Right triangle ratio: SINE.
44A: Razor-billed birds: AUKS. Their eyes are hard to make out.
47A: Doofus: DOLT.
49A: Fed. auditing agency: GAO. The Government Accountability Office
50A: "Pet" sources of irritation: PEEVES.
53A: Speed-of-sound word: MACH.
60A: Two-thirds of Santa's laugh: HO HO. A gimme for me!
61A: Old-time drummer Gene: KRUPA. Gene Krupa, 1909 – 1973, was born in Chicago. clip
63A: Refreshing rapper/actor?: ICE-T. and 9D: Summer refresher with a three-leaf logo: NESTEA. pic
65A: Pentium maker: INTEL.
68A: Letters before tees: ESSES.
Down:
3D: Purchase for your Xbox: VIDEO GAME.
4D: Gonzalez in 2000 news: ELIAN.
5D: Matched, as dubbed dialogue to mouth movements: SYNCED.
6D: Feudal estate: FIEF.
10D: Food fight site: CAFETERIA.
11D: Make-__ Foundation: A-WISH.
12D: English philosopher John: LOCKE.
13D: Chef Bobby: FLAY.
21D: Terre __, Indiana: HAUTE.
22D: Serf of ancient Sparta: HELOT.
26D: Camaro __-Z: muscle car: IROC. International Race of Champions. They have their own web site.
28D: Web pages with basic site info: FAQS. Frequently asked questions. Constructors get to use a Q without a U.
29D: Lighter __: Zippo filler: FLUID.
32D: Years on the job : LONGEVITY.
36D: Dunked snacks: DOUGHNUTS.
37D: Durante's "__ Dinka Doo": INKA. clip
38D: "Happy motoring" gas: ESSO.
40D: Christopher who played Superman: REEVE.
41D: Alabama march city: SELMA. Integration and civil rights march.
48D: Nonsilent film: TALKIE.
50D: London change: PENCE.
54D: Preserves, as beef: CORNS. Corned beef; one of those things where I like the cheaper cut better.
55D: Let go, with "off': LAID.
57D: Corrida critter: TORO. Is the editor putting in all these alliterations just for you, C.C,?
62D: Capp and Gore: ALS. A cartoonist and a subject of cartoons.
Answer grid.
Argyle
