Theme: They are Capital-ists
17A: "Fanny" composer and lyricist: HAROLD ROME
26A: "Mallrats" costar: JEREMY LONDON
43A: "God Bless America" writer: IRVING BERLIN
58A: Frequent "Happy Days" director: JERRY PARIS
Of the 4 theme entries, IRVING BERLIN was the only one I knew of. But I cottoned onto the theme pretty quickly. The only trouble I had was obtaining HAROLD ROME's given name. Wikipedia says his music also appeared in "Rear Window".
Clever theme. Tight too. All of them have world capital (all in Europe) as their surname. PARIS HILTON would have ruined everything, as she often does, stealing others' boyfriend. I also loved the four long Down answers.
Both CRAB (16A: Chesapeake Bay catch) and OHIO (25A: River that forms at Pittsburgh) appear in the puzzle second day in a row, but with different clues. I have yet to see Rich Norris uses identical clues consecutively. Remember how we used to see TSE clued as "Half a fly?" day after day?
Across:
1A: Money on the Web: ECASH. Like the money in your PayPal account.
6A: Kind of palm tree: SAGO. Hmm, I want some SAGO pudding.
10A: "__ Angel": Mae West film: I'M NO. Got the movie title with Down fill help. Thought of Marlene Dietrich's "The Blue Angel".
14A: Broadway's Rivera: CHITA. She was in the original "Chicago".
15A: Fed under Ness: T-MAN (Treasury-Man)
19A: Waffle brand: EGGO. From Kellogg's.
20A: Handwriting on the wall: OMEN
21A: Coupling device: YOKE. Somehow this clue brought to mind David Carradine and his strange death. So dark!
22A: Get __ of one's own medicine: A DOSE
23A: Course of study for future docs: PREMED. And LSAT (56D: D.A.-to-be's exam)
34A: Hard to handle: EELY. This Dragon Sushi Roll (eel) looks so tasty. "Easy to handle".
37A: Wood for crafts and rafts: BALSA. Spanish for "boat"/"float".
39A: Fun house feature: MAZE
42A: Second careers for thoroughbreds: SIRES. Poor Calvin Borel. He rode the wrong "Bird" last Saturday.
47A: Slaughter of baseball: ENOS. And "Speaker of baseball" is TRIS.
53A: Texas city, familiarly: BIG D. JFK was assassinated here. That's the image I have of Dallas.
60A: Boo Boo's buddy: YOGI. Had YO?? in place, so I wrote down YOYO, which matches well with Boo Boo.
62A: Youngest of Chekhov's "Three Sisters": IRINA. Unknown to me. Last time OLGA (the oldest) was clued as "One of Chekhov's "Three Sisters". The other one is Masha.
63A: "Ignore the change," to a printer: STET
65A: Experimental bomb blast, briefly: N-TEST
Down:
1D: Parrot: ECHO. Verb?
2D: Titleholder: CHAMP. Wrote down OWNER.
3D: ABC or NBC, e.g.: AIRER. Ugh. I was trying hard to shorten "network".
4D: Moonshine container: STONE JUG
5D: Henry V, as a prince: HAL. Wow, who knows!
6D: Walked with purpose: STRODE
7D: Frantic way to run: AMOK
8D: Clue, e.g.: GAME. Excellent clue.
9D: 1300 hours: ONE. Shouldn't it be ONE PM?
10DL Stranded at O'Hare, perhaps: ICED IN. And SNOW (41D: Winter coat?") & RAINS (50D: Pours or drizzles).
11D: Hershey's product: MR. GOODBAR. Have never had this candy. Boy, peanuts in Milk Chocolate. All high allegic ingredients.
24D: Player at the new Citi Field: MET. My favorite MET. Shea Stadium is now history.
25D: Paella pot: OLLA
30D: Aberdeen turndowns: NAES. Scottish for "no". NYETS are "Moscow turndowns".
31D: Piedmont wine area: ASTI
32D: '30 heavyweight champ Max: BAER. Another crossword Max is the "Dadaist Ernst".
33D: As often as not: ON AVERAGE
38D: Wall St. hedger: ARB (Arbitrageur)
39D: Many a gas station store: MINI-MART
42DL Charlotte, to Anne or Emily: SIS. The Bronte sisters.
44D: A party to the plot: IN ON IT. Often see IN ON.
46D: Tramp's love: LADY. "LADY and the TRAMP". Nice clue.
49D: Beyond unusual: EERIE
51D: Grant and Carter: AMYS. Only know AMY Carter.
54D: Appliance on a board: IRON
58D: Chew the fat: JAW. Wanted YAK first. Strange saying, "chew the fat". "Chew nuts" sounds more sensible.
59D: ATM user's need: PIN
Answer grid.
C.C.
17A: "Fanny" composer and lyricist: HAROLD ROME
26A: "Mallrats" costar: JEREMY LONDON
43A: "God Bless America" writer: IRVING BERLIN
58A: Frequent "Happy Days" director: JERRY PARIS
Of the 4 theme entries, IRVING BERLIN was the only one I knew of. But I cottoned onto the theme pretty quickly. The only trouble I had was obtaining HAROLD ROME's given name. Wikipedia says his music also appeared in "Rear Window".
Clever theme. Tight too. All of them have world capital (all in Europe) as their surname. PARIS HILTON would have ruined everything, as she often does, stealing others' boyfriend. I also loved the four long Down answers.
Both CRAB (16A: Chesapeake Bay catch) and OHIO (25A: River that forms at Pittsburgh) appear in the puzzle second day in a row, but with different clues. I have yet to see Rich Norris uses identical clues consecutively. Remember how we used to see TSE clued as "Half a fly?" day after day?
Across:
1A: Money on the Web: ECASH. Like the money in your PayPal account.
6A: Kind of palm tree: SAGO. Hmm, I want some SAGO pudding.
10A: "__ Angel": Mae West film: I'M NO. Got the movie title with Down fill help. Thought of Marlene Dietrich's "The Blue Angel".
14A: Broadway's Rivera: CHITA. She was in the original "Chicago".
15A: Fed under Ness: T-MAN (Treasury-Man)
19A: Waffle brand: EGGO. From Kellogg's.
20A: Handwriting on the wall: OMEN
21A: Coupling device: YOKE. Somehow this clue brought to mind David Carradine and his strange death. So dark!
22A: Get __ of one's own medicine: A DOSE
23A: Course of study for future docs: PREMED. And LSAT (56D: D.A.-to-be's exam)
34A: Hard to handle: EELY. This Dragon Sushi Roll (eel) looks so tasty. "Easy to handle".
37A: Wood for crafts and rafts: BALSA. Spanish for "boat"/"float".
39A: Fun house feature: MAZE
42A: Second careers for thoroughbreds: SIRES. Poor Calvin Borel. He rode the wrong "Bird" last Saturday.
47A: Slaughter of baseball: ENOS. And "Speaker of baseball" is TRIS.
53A: Texas city, familiarly: BIG D. JFK was assassinated here. That's the image I have of Dallas.
60A: Boo Boo's buddy: YOGI. Had YO?? in place, so I wrote down YOYO, which matches well with Boo Boo.
62A: Youngest of Chekhov's "Three Sisters": IRINA. Unknown to me. Last time OLGA (the oldest) was clued as "One of Chekhov's "Three Sisters". The other one is Masha.
63A: "Ignore the change," to a printer: STET
65A: Experimental bomb blast, briefly: N-TEST
Down:
1D: Parrot: ECHO. Verb?
2D: Titleholder: CHAMP. Wrote down OWNER.
3D: ABC or NBC, e.g.: AIRER. Ugh. I was trying hard to shorten "network".
4D: Moonshine container: STONE JUG
5D: Henry V, as a prince: HAL. Wow, who knows!
6D: Walked with purpose: STRODE
7D: Frantic way to run: AMOK
8D: Clue, e.g.: GAME. Excellent clue.
9D: 1300 hours: ONE. Shouldn't it be ONE PM?
10DL Stranded at O'Hare, perhaps: ICED IN. And SNOW (41D: Winter coat?") & RAINS (50D: Pours or drizzles).
11D: Hershey's product: MR. GOODBAR. Have never had this candy. Boy, peanuts in Milk Chocolate. All high allegic ingredients.
24D: Player at the new Citi Field: MET. My favorite MET. Shea Stadium is now history.
25D: Paella pot: OLLA
30D: Aberdeen turndowns: NAES. Scottish for "no". NYETS are "Moscow turndowns".
31D: Piedmont wine area: ASTI
32D: '30 heavyweight champ Max: BAER. Another crossword Max is the "Dadaist Ernst".
33D: As often as not: ON AVERAGE
38D: Wall St. hedger: ARB (Arbitrageur)
39D: Many a gas station store: MINI-MART
42DL Charlotte, to Anne or Emily: SIS. The Bronte sisters.
44D: A party to the plot: IN ON IT. Often see IN ON.
46D: Tramp's love: LADY. "LADY and the TRAMP". Nice clue.
49D: Beyond unusual: EERIE
51D: Grant and Carter: AMYS. Only know AMY Carter.
54D: Appliance on a board: IRON
58D: Chew the fat: JAW. Wanted YAK first. Strange saying, "chew the fat". "Chew nuts" sounds more sensible.
59D: ATM user's need: PIN
Answer grid.
C.C.
