Theme: Dog-tired-all theme answers are clued as "Really exhausted".
20A: ON ONE'S LAST LEG
28A: READY TO DROP
36A: ENERVATED
47A: TUCKERED OUT
56A: WORN TO A FRAZZLE
Normally I have trouble with same word(s) used as clues for theme answers style puzzle. Not today.
Maybe because all the theme entries are familiar to me. Just learned ENERVATE a few months ago. I used to confuse ENERVATE with the exact opposite INNERVATE (invigorate/energize) until I read Kazie's prefix "é" = out/away explanation.
Can you guess how old the constructor Michael Blake is? His clues are quite expressive: "Really exhausted", "Love to pieces", "Really cold", etc.
Across:
1A: Colored part of the eye: IRIS. Greek for "rainbow".
14A: John Wesley's relig.: METH. Wesley founded Methodist Movement.
15A: Love to pieces: ADORE. Nice crossing with IDOL (6D: Object of worship).
17A: Arizona city: MESA. And the "Arizona county/river" is GILA (HEE-luh).
18A: Fenway Park team, briefly: BOSOX. They won the first ever World Series (1903, against Pirates), which takes place in OCTOBER (42D: Halloween month).
24A: Honey maker: BEE. Ah, our blog BEE's , sweet!
27A: 11-point blackjack card, at times: ACE
33A: Copier paper size: LTR. 8.5" x 11".
34A: Creole vegetable: OKRA. Fried OKRA sounds delicious.
35A: Mil. school at Annapolis: USNA. Senator John McCain's alma mater.
40A: Bassoon cousin: OBOE. Derived from French hautboy/hautbois (HOH-boi). Bois = wood. Haut = high, as in "haute couture" or "haute cuisine".
54A: Concrete -reinforcing rod: REBAR. Re = Reinforcing. New to me.
61A: Ali who stole from thieves: BABA. We got "Open Sesame" from "Ali BABA and the Forty Thieves".
62A: Broom rider of the comics: HILDA. No idea. Have never heard of Broom-HILDA the green-skinned witch. According to Wikipeida, she is Attila the Hun's ex-wife and she is perpetually looking for a new husband. Good luck then.
63A: With 66-Across, roadside stop: REST. Placed directly above AREA (66A: See 63-Across).
67A: Sitcom radio station: WKRP. "WKRP in Cincinnati".
68D: Gunslinger's "Hands up!": REACH
Down:
1D: Unethical: IMMORAL. Like Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling of ENRON (21D: Bankrupt energy company).
2D: Bring to life again, as a Civil War battle: REENACT
3D: Romance-ending words: IT'S OVER. Sad, "that's all she wrote".
4D: 1953 Alan Ladd Western: SHANE
8D: Singing Bing: CROSBY. Great golfer as well. Founder of the current Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
9D: Moderate-sized chamber group: SEXTET. Group of six. Sex is Latin for "six". Don't know what is Latin for "sex".
10D: Board game with suspect: CLUE
11D: Closet assortment: HANGERS. Same pronunciation as airport HANGERS.
12D: Jennifer of "Friends": ANISTON. She plays Rachel. Maybe Jennifer ANISTON should date a baseball/football player instead of actors/singers.
13D: House cat: PET. And EEK (36D: Response to a mouse).
31D: Camp for presidents: DAVID. Named after Ike's grandson DAVID.
42D: Faulty firecracker: DUD. Alliteration.
37D: Latin 101 verb: AMO. AMOS (I love), amas (you love), amat (he/she/it loves).
38D: Sigma follower: TAU. The Greek T.
39D: Additional: EXTRA. Two X's, and two Z's in this grid.
40D: Horse player's hangout, for short: OTB (Offtrack Betting).
41D: Defensive wall: BULWARK. Rampart is seven letter too.
44D: Really cold, temperaturewise: SUB-ZERO. Lived in sub-tropical Guangzhou before I moved to Minnesota in 2001. Our coldest days are in January, average low is 50F.
45D: Shrunken Asian lake: ARAL SEA. Nice to see its full name for a change.
46D: Furtive listening device: WIRETAP. The coolest guy I've worked with is an ex-Marine. He is a debugging expert.
48D: Extensive period: EON
49D: Preferably: RATHER
50D: Star, in France: ETOILE. Our state motto is "L'ETOILE du Nord" (the Star of North). What's yours?
55D: Poet Pound and others: EZRAS. Cornell founder is EZRA Cornell.
58D: Edison's middle name: ALVA. Learned from doing Xword.
59D Banking regulatory agcy.: FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation). Ben Bernanke just said that the recession is probably over. He predicted earlier this year that the recession would probably last until Oct.
60D: Diaper problem: RASH. Have never changed a diaper in my life.
Answer grid.
C.C.
PS: Please email me crosswordc@gmail.com if you have any family photos to share.
20A: ON ONE'S LAST LEG
28A: READY TO DROP
36A: ENERVATED
47A: TUCKERED OUT
56A: WORN TO A FRAZZLE
Normally I have trouble with same word(s) used as clues for theme answers style puzzle. Not today.
Maybe because all the theme entries are familiar to me. Just learned ENERVATE a few months ago. I used to confuse ENERVATE with the exact opposite INNERVATE (invigorate/energize) until I read Kazie's prefix "é" = out/away explanation.
Can you guess how old the constructor Michael Blake is? His clues are quite expressive: "Really exhausted", "Love to pieces", "Really cold", etc.
Across:
1A: Colored part of the eye: IRIS. Greek for "rainbow".
14A: John Wesley's relig.: METH. Wesley founded Methodist Movement.
15A: Love to pieces: ADORE. Nice crossing with IDOL (6D: Object of worship).
17A: Arizona city: MESA. And the "Arizona county/river" is GILA (HEE-luh).
18A: Fenway Park team, briefly: BOSOX. They won the first ever World Series (1903, against Pirates), which takes place in OCTOBER (42D: Halloween month).
24A: Honey maker: BEE. Ah, our blog BEE's , sweet!
27A: 11-point blackjack card, at times: ACE
33A: Copier paper size: LTR. 8.5" x 11".
34A: Creole vegetable: OKRA. Fried OKRA sounds delicious.
35A: Mil. school at Annapolis: USNA. Senator John McCain's alma mater.
40A: Bassoon cousin: OBOE. Derived from French hautboy/hautbois (HOH-boi). Bois = wood. Haut = high, as in "haute couture" or "haute cuisine".
54A: Concrete -reinforcing rod: REBAR. Re = Reinforcing. New to me.
61A: Ali who stole from thieves: BABA. We got "Open Sesame" from "Ali BABA and the Forty Thieves".
62A: Broom rider of the comics: HILDA. No idea. Have never heard of Broom-HILDA the green-skinned witch. According to Wikipeida, she is Attila the Hun's ex-wife and she is perpetually looking for a new husband. Good luck then.
63A: With 66-Across, roadside stop: REST. Placed directly above AREA (66A: See 63-Across).
67A: Sitcom radio station: WKRP. "WKRP in Cincinnati".
68D: Gunslinger's "Hands up!": REACH
Down:
1D: Unethical: IMMORAL. Like Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling of ENRON (21D: Bankrupt energy company).
2D: Bring to life again, as a Civil War battle: REENACT
3D: Romance-ending words: IT'S OVER. Sad, "that's all she wrote".
4D: 1953 Alan Ladd Western: SHANE
8D: Singing Bing: CROSBY. Great golfer as well. Founder of the current Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
9D: Moderate-sized chamber group: SEXTET. Group of six. Sex is Latin for "six". Don't know what is Latin for "sex".
10D: Board game with suspect: CLUE
11D: Closet assortment: HANGERS. Same pronunciation as airport HANGERS.
12D: Jennifer of "Friends": ANISTON. She plays Rachel. Maybe Jennifer ANISTON should date a baseball/football player instead of actors/singers.
13D: House cat: PET. And EEK (36D: Response to a mouse).
31D: Camp for presidents: DAVID. Named after Ike's grandson DAVID.
42D: Faulty firecracker: DUD. Alliteration.
37D: Latin 101 verb: AMO. AMOS (I love), amas (you love), amat (he/she/it loves).
38D: Sigma follower: TAU. The Greek T.
39D: Additional: EXTRA. Two X's, and two Z's in this grid.
40D: Horse player's hangout, for short: OTB (Offtrack Betting).
41D: Defensive wall: BULWARK. Rampart is seven letter too.
44D: Really cold, temperaturewise: SUB-ZERO. Lived in sub-tropical Guangzhou before I moved to Minnesota in 2001. Our coldest days are in January, average low is 50F.
45D: Shrunken Asian lake: ARAL SEA. Nice to see its full name for a change.
46D: Furtive listening device: WIRETAP. The coolest guy I've worked with is an ex-Marine. He is a debugging expert.
48D: Extensive period: EON
49D: Preferably: RATHER
50D: Star, in France: ETOILE. Our state motto is "L'ETOILE du Nord" (the Star of North). What's yours?
55D: Poet Pound and others: EZRAS. Cornell founder is EZRA Cornell.
58D: Edison's middle name: ALVA. Learned from doing Xword.
59D Banking regulatory agcy.: FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation). Ben Bernanke just said that the recession is probably over. He predicted earlier this year that the recession would probably last until Oct.
60D: Diaper problem: RASH. Have never changed a diaper in my life.
Answer grid.
C.C.
PS: Please email me crosswordc@gmail.com if you have any family photos to share.
